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Headlines archived chronologically as originally posted in 2006
12/30 & 31/2006:
Race for the Speaker's chair in the Texas House:
Rare opening-day speaker election possible
Amarillo editorial shows wimp-tendency of some modern Texans
Three contenders for House speaker lining up support
Craddick supporters planning a strategy meeting Saturday, Craddick
colleagues commit to phone call blitz
Challenger says he has House votes to replace Craddick as speaker
List of Craddick backers has typos; Another bid for House speaker?
Texan of the Year from the Dallas Morning News: Lubbock's Roy Velez
Texas soldier 3,000th to die in Iraq
Brown County to swear-in 2 JP's at Midnight to avoid lapse
Texas airlines could be reshaped by consolidation - it wouldn't be the 1st time
Divers seal pipeline that spilled oil into Gulf
Texas electric utilities free to set own rates starting Monday
Islamic association dismisses Katy pig races
Saddam hanging brings joy, gloom to Houston Iraqis
Judge to decide who owns tiny, broke town - Mustang, Texas
Web ties presidents to Texas
Severe weather kills one, injures dozens in Central Texas
Preservationists tout laws protecting the sight lines of a pre-eminent Texas
symbol, but developers say some are costing more than they're worth
Legislator turned children's author markets book about cat
12/29/2006:
Some Valley Democrats supporting Craddick
Lubbock's Delwin Jones says he is a "free-agent" in Speaker's race,
so what makes the choice - the district's interests or his personal
political interests?
Speaker Tom Craddick fighting for political survival, List of Craddick
supporters and 25 whose support is unknown
House speaker’s leaders defect
Could slot machines be in Texas' future?
W.R. "Trey" Watt III has died by his own hand at family's Throckmorton ranch
UAW ratifies Goodyear contract, Tyler plant to close at end of 2007
Helotes fire prompts voluntary evacuations
Deputy tries to shoot pit bull, accidentally shoots his foot
Police hope new device can ID missing people through their iris
Counties extinguish fireworks bans
More bomb threats in McAllen, this time at hospitals
Austin: Water break leaves jail and dozens of businesses waterless
Rich school districts see little change in payments
Austin officer fired in use-of-force case
Cigarette tax spurs sales, thefts
- high taxes make black markets
Bexar sued over cut JP post
12/28/2006:
Sheehan, 4 others arrested near Bush's ranch
Pitts will challenge Craddick for House speaker post - sounds like a split the
vote deal with Craddick to me but with Thompson's endorsement it could be real
More: Waxahachie lawmaker (Pitts) to run for speaker
Democrat Senfronia Thompson stays in speaker race - or has she endorsed
Pitts
Merritt questions Craddick's tactics
McAllen Justice of the Peace requests protection
Bad weather interrupts cleanup and repair of pipeline break in Gulf
Sierra Club Wants To Join Suit Over Fast-Track Coal Plant Permit Process
Wal-Mart heiress sells ranch near Mineral Wells
Texas electrical power costs may slow development
Houston's Bush Airport tries to get handle on bag theft
Ford remembered as LBJ opponent
Texan discovers secret to Stradivari's sound
Is Rep. Carl Isett too conservative?
Dave Henry: No smoking in Texas, just taxes
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Texan discovers secret to Stradivari's sound
Is Rep. Carl Isett too conservative?
Dave Henry: No smoking in Texas, just taxes
Texas Has 9th Highest Property Tax Burden
El Paso councilwoman ordered to pay city's legal fees
Legal loopholes let cockfighting flourish in Texas
The eyes of Texas (and nation) on Bob Knight
Santeria priest sues Euless over animal sacrifice ban
New Dallas DA cleans house
Farmers Branch officials certify petition on rental law
Tyler Steelworkers to Vote On Contract
Lightning strikes Port Arthur priest's car
Harris Co. deputies seize huge marijuana stash
UT wants to forget the past?
Man jumps from bridge after accident in Oak Cliff
12/27/2006:
Austin detective charged with felony
Editorial: No confidence in Paris City Council
San Angelo obstetrician found guilty of assaulting patient
RIP: Edith "Scottie" Stevenson: 1913-2006
Galveston employees complain 'naughty elf' was offensive
State comptroller employs patronage of the worst kind
Snyder: Small town in west Texas looks to Internet
UT President sucker to Political Correctness, to review Confederate
monuments on campus because some are offended, What to do about
Confederate statues at UT?
Houston air travel luggage found in trash bin
House speaker's critics say time right for ouster
Jaime Castillo: Craddick's fortunes hang as House members eye risk
over coup
A low-key bid to be speaker, McCall knows Craddick will be tough to
oust
Speaker candidate says his campaign is building momentum
Open vote could affect speakers race - Dallas Blog
Longview's Merritt pushing for rule change for secret vote
Duncan comes up big for sprawling district
Budget increase expected for state's parks
Texas State snags grant to attract Hispanics
Police break up Dallas backyard dog fighting operation
Baytown Rapist Who Preys On Men Has Suburban Residents Worried
Texas Extension to lead efforts to stabilize Iraq through agriculture
Texas off-highway vehicle decals enforced starting Jan. 1
McAllen advertising to Monterrey
Border arrests down, says Border Patrol
Victoria police officer charged with sexual advances
Decatur mayor joins tax cap fight in Austin
President Bush arrives in Central Texas
12/26/2006:
Chickens shut down part of I-30
McCall says House members prefer him to Craddick
Pipeline remains shutdown after oil spill in Gulf
Texas Supreme Court to tackle religious freedom law early next year
Corsicana attorney loses license, goes to jail after attempting to have a San
Saba attorney killed
El Paso Airport opens new 'cell phone' parking lot
Senate Bill 1863 sets rules in larger counties for citizen time to pay off fines
New suit filed against Farmers Branch renters law
Train cars derail and overturn in Amarillo
Bill would put violation of temporary orders in penal code
San Angelo: basic city services should be top priority
Perry's legacy pondered as he nears milestone
Clay Robison: Pro-gambling legislation expected to be a loser again in Austin
Will the rising cigarette tax curb smoking?
Federal judge tosses racial discrimination claim against City of Port Arthur
PA officials must monitor troubled agency
Communities wade through water rate battle with Aqua Texas
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Federal judge tosses racial discrimination claim against City of Port Arthur
PA officials must monitor troubled agency
Communities wade through water rate battle with Aqua Texas
State audit sticks San Juan with $357K in expenses
Shooting claim gets Tyler County deputy dismissed
Dyess airman gets Christmas Eve call from Bush
Future of Texas State Railroad still uncertain
Fort Worth area leaders get ready for tax battle
Selling Pecos County water to Midland?
Caldwell County, Luling lock horns over 'combined dispatch' proposals
Wilkinson: FutureGen project is worth the effort
Manufacturing slips in Texas, survey says
Wendler: Austin, a liberal bastion? Ha, that's rich - left-wing commie-type bemoans
"growth" that benefits high-income folk
Lawmakers seek to plug loopholes in the state's probate system
12/23, 24 & 25/2006:
$1-a-pack hike in cigarette tax a few days away
LULAC seeks different English proposal
A fond reflection on a life of public service from state sen. Lindsay
Cartels' hands seen in border abductions
Editorial: Redistricting effort targeted
Editor of Texas Highways magazine dies in fire
Bill would lock in tuition rates
Older Texans more likely to hold concealed weapons permits
Oldest black-owned bookstore in Texas prepares to close
After border hubbub, little change expected in 2007
Tech's Knight ties record for coaching wins
GOP rival threatens Craddick's House rule
Plano republican files paperwork to challenge Craddick
Many in House are mum on whether Craddick is safe
Federal report assails Lubbock State School
Tyler's Goodyear plant gets what may be one-year reprieve
Red-light camera bill a threat to city coffers, Dallas fights Carona on giving
revenue to the state - because the cameras are ALL about the $
Seven Strayhorn campaign aides land agency jobs after her loss, watchdog
calls hires 'outrageous' for lame duck
Race horses finding greener pastures out of state
Bush library could mean big changes in Park Cities
U.S. Rep.-elect Lampson undergoes angioplasty to open up blocked artery
Man dies in 12-floor fall down a shaft
Christmas cards originated because of busyness in 1800s
Border towns busy with Mexican shoppers
12/22/2006:
Perry orders state assistance for San Angelo
DeLay prosecutors' appeal set for Jan. 24 hearing
Farmers Branch apartment complexes file suit over ordinance
Attorney General investigating Waller County elections
State’s annual local sales tax allocations hit record highs
Democrat former AG Morales placed in halfway house after release from
prison
Raids "reminiscent of Nazi crackdowns on Jews in the 1930s" say activists,
Hispanic "leaders" urge halt in raids
Nick Lampson checks himself into hospital, Lampson to leave hospital today
after tests
PUC report says some power companies are too big
Historical sites spur political tug-of-war, 2 agencies jockey for control of sites
Pantex calls warning a 'falsehood'
Yudof: Texas colleges are still accessible, affordable
League City: Mayor’s panel irks some on council
Round Rock parents sue over student arrests during immigration march
Pickens establishes foundation with $135M gift
State lawmaker calls for limits on officers' use of Tasers
Vandals cover HPD substation in graffiti
Texas border offers inroads to bi-national banking
Lady Bird turns 94 today
Gov. Perry appoints key staffers
Immigration Raids on Swift plant in Cactus:
Editorial: Cactus raid attacks justice
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Lady Bird turns 94 today
Gov. Perry appoints key staffers
Immigration Raids on Swift plant in Cactus:
Editorial: Cactus raid attacks justice
Judge hears arguments over restraining order
Throwing taxpaying babies out with thieving bath water
Injunction filed in Cactus raids
Ex-workers sue Swift, cite illegal replacements
Officers think illegals tipped off about raid
Detainees appear in court
Arrested Swift workers spread throughout Texas
Chertoff Says ID Theft Reason Behind Raids
Mexico reacts to Cactus bust
Cactus copes with emptiness
Dumas ISD absences double post raid
Swift in full operation despite raid
Some Area Children Without Parents After Raid
Raids cap off probe
Illegal workers sought
Illegal workers can be costly
12/21/2006:
SMU likely site for Bush library
Texas scaling back social services privatization - bad
Political turmoil continues in Aransas Pass
Sen. Wentworth wants Texans to hang up and drive
Newest government threat to citizens: Roll back election could cost more
administratively than citizens will gain in savings in Galveston
Carlos Guerra: Gambling proposal calls for an alliance between long-time
competitors
Editorial: Law needed to limit redistricting efforts - what is it about a representative
republic that these folk can't seem to stomach, could it be they just don't like to lose?
President signs bill extending Texans' sales-tax deduction
Adjustments to Strayhorn report on cost of Illegal Aliens in Texas shows
different numbers
Get to liquor store by 9 p.m. Saturday or be blue
Big Sring digging crews find evidence in 1998 case of missing man
New Braunfels PD to put accident reports on the Internet
Gov. Rick Perry Issues One Pardon for Innocence, Grants Clemency for 14
Others
Message From Speaker Tom Craddick
Health Groups Solidify Legislative Agenda
Gov. Perry Announces $5.9 Million in Grants to Local Law Enforcement
AG sues Equistar Chemicals and Millennium Petrochemicals Inc. for pollution
McDavid GM dealership folds, Pontiac-Buick-GMC franchise is market's 2nd
loss in a week
Formosa Plastics Point Comfort plant is being sued for "north of $50 million"
Thousands of Panhandle Families in the Dark
Colorado blizzard leaves many stuck at D/FW
$100 bills stuck on some Texas patrol cars
Web site puts undercover officers at risk
Bomb scare shuts down Chase tower in McAllen
5 banks targeted in area heists, robberies in Dallas, Carrollton occurred in a
seven-hour span
A&M-Kingsville enrollment rise in San Antonio may cause split
Nueces County hires Pennsylvania firm to manage county fairgrounds
DMN: There's Time To Wait: Defer coal plant hearings until seat is filled
Greenie-Weenie Marston: Socking it to Texans with a lump of coal
San Angelo: Flow of water persists; line fix delayed anew
Nursing assistant arrested in Sexual Assault at Temple nursing home
Wichita Falls' Beacon Insurance purchased by national company
Cuellar outlines his legislative agenda during visit to McAllen
Perry awards $378K for drug enforcement
Lawyer ponders next step in anti-wind turbine case
Wife urges judge to reduce bail for husband accused of targeting her - another
Darwin Award nominee from Texas!
Killeen City Council passes an ordinance regarding real estate signs
Woodlands doctor gets prison for tax evasion
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Killeen City Council passes an ordinance regarding real estate signs
Woodlands doctor gets prison for tax evasion
12/20/2006:
Perry pardons man wrongly convicted of sexual assault
Report: State health agency backed illicit lobbying
SMU Student's death blamed on rare drug
Galveston man sued by feds over property dispute
Gov. Rick Perry: How we can be anti-illegal, not anti-immigrant
Abilene jury rules in favor of FP&L over wind farm issues
Texas travel expected to set record
Democrat & Liberal McNeely wants state judges appointed
Many in San Angelo endure 4 days without running water, Citywide watershutdown rumor false
Taps dry in Lawn, residents & businesses told to boil tap water
CNN forum on Vidor racism a celebrity gathering with no real point
Some Ector County official checks bounce due to clerical error
AG Abbott reaches agreement to stop deceptive scheme obligating small
businesses to advertise in on-line 'yellow pages'
Pass-Through Tolling: When a Toll Isn’t a Toll
Another 12-Hour Backup on I-35 North of Waco
, Customers who had
items on U.P.S. truck involved in accident will experience delays
Representative Mark Stama to pre-file legislation to force restroom access
for those with certain medical conditions - big government strike again
'No more chances': Greenville man sentenced to 2 Life terms for child
molestation
District 29 house race in a run-off, O'Day's huge early vote lead fails to hold
up, 2 Republicans in runoff to replace late Rep. Dawson
Uninsured Texans strain communities, economies and access to care for all
Texas is hurting for an infusion of doctors
Gambling proponents making big promises, Casinos, slots could help with
health insurance, tuition claim supporters, Casino gaming group dangles
scholarships
Ex-officer sues Austin Police Department, Lawsuit claims he was forced to
resign over religious beliefs, refusal to use Taser against elderly man
Cameron County paid $400,000 insurance expense not approved by
commissioners court
Accused phony physician offered services without license
UT Arlington workers dismissed after praying at employee's cubicle
Whooping Cranes back in Texas in record numbers - as if we didn't have enough
Whoop, Whooping from Texas Aggies!
Photo may show man who killed 'Good Samaritan' in Humble
12/19/2006:
Port of Beaumont deal may spur more projects
Breaking News - Waterline fix may take until weekend, Restaurants, schools,
hospital in city’s southwest hit hard - San Angelo without water
Texas Attorney General, Sony settle CD software suit
Piña Jr. gets freedom: Laredoan released near Monterrey; ranch cook also
freed
Houston's rise in violent crime outpaces U.S. - can you say Katrina?
Texas House District 29 contenders are up for vote today
Indictments thrown out in Southwest ticket scam case
Falls County officials declares emergency at tax office
TARP Scores Back-to-Back Victories in Support of TXU Power Plants
Private Sector Partnership for North Tarrant Express - Oh, No!!! Conspiracy!
Immigrants rights protest casts shadow on Cornyn visit
Comptroller-elect Combs named Martin A. Hubert as deputy comptroller
Rep. Jackson Drafting Bills to Address Commercial Trucking Safety Concerns
Editorial: Officials' calendars need more disclosure
Editorial: Tax-free holidays must be limited by Legislature
Editorial: Rep. Reyes stumbles on key terror issues
Bryan & College Station gear up to fight appraisal reform
Grayson County OKs moratorium on power plant permitting
El Paso city council OKs Downtown tax reinvestment zone
Victoria deputy charged with abuse of power
Feds seize Southern Empress paddlewheel boat on Lake Conroe for
outstanding debts
Spotlight on Vidor brings the question of racism home, Vidor mayor: townhall
moved because of tough CNN policies - a lesson on how TV news loads an audience to
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Feds seize Southern Empress paddlewheel boat on Lake Conroe for
outstanding debts
Spotlight on Vidor brings the question of racism home, Vidor mayor: townhall
moved because of tough CNN policies - a lesson on how TV news loads an audience to
their point of view
Former Austin mayor heads to Texas Senate
Perry named Texan of the Year by the Texas Legislative Conference
Abilene: Wind farm trial winds down, goes to jury
Homeless couple arrested in beating, home invasion in Brownsville
Shackelford County diving into wind market
GOP Pres. hopefuls cast eye on Texas cash
'Transgender' woman sues would-be employer in Houston
12/18/2006:
Kidnappers in Mexico Release Texas Man
At 100, man gets diploma from Baylor
Vidor mayor opts not to participate in CNN panel on racism
Former Troup police chief sentenced to 10 years
TAB: Texas faces energy crunch
An energy policy fit for Texas
Paris News: Commissioners right to refuse air coalition
Perry wants more line items to veto
Opinions vary on whether Burgess covers his district
Wildorado Wind Ranch is halfway done
Sul Ross looks to improve facilities
San Antonio: Land purchased for conservation
Program would help Austin hospitals pay for uninsured patients
Concerns may bring vote on groundwater conservation district
Devon tries recycling water for gas wells
Insurance offered for ransom protection
12/16 & 17/2006:
Texan released after being kidnapped in Mexico
Austin Editorial: Raising gasoline tax is a good idea, even if we still need tolls
Sergeant-at-arms says so long to Senate
KELSO: Owe back taxes? If it isn't nailed down, the comptroller's office will
carry it off
Hispanics' Demo shift is debated
Carlos Guerra: Demos' reversal of GOP gains among Latinos is far from
secure
Officials say pressured cartels turn to abductions on U.S. side of the border
for ransom
Bribery thrives along border with Mexico
Border security is likely to be lawmakers' focus
Lawmakers step into feud over football - NFL Network & the Cowboys
Texas Monthly takes shot at VP in upcoming Bum Steers issue
Deregistration of sex offenders may help officials keep track
Do campaign funds bankroll a cushy lifestyle? Area legislators defend
thousands in non-election expenses
Development in Hill Country is accelerating
Rep. Hughes discusses issues facing legislators in the upcoming session
New maps can lead to costlier flood coverage
Hidalgo vendors rushing to file conflict of interest forms
There’s no love lost between DeLay and Frost
Austin digs the arts, but doesn't dig into its pockets for them - this is typical of
Liberals, they love to spend but only other people's money
Government ditches attempt to track visitors leaving at bridges
Congress passes Hall's drought legislation
8-year-old receives hero's medal from Austin police
Brawl ends Carter-Kimball game early
12/15/2006:
Serial rapist-robber targets men in east Harris County
San Marcos police: Katrina evacuee attacks woman over dog
New stealth fighter jet flies from Fort Worth facility
Roddy Stinson: A Brake on Government Spending? Oh, Noooooooo!
Victoria: 'Big Spenders'
Governor Perry, Lt. Gov. Dewhurst & Speaker Craddick’s Legislative Outlook
Battle of the sexes at Gun Barrel City
Houston's Muslim community trying to root out radicals
Cornyn Retains Key Committee Slots, Appointed to Top Republican Spot on
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Battle of the sexes at Gun Barrel City
Houston's Muslim community trying to root out radicals
Cornyn Retains Key Committee Slots, Appointed to Top Republican Spot on
Ethics Committee
Jackson Takes Action Against Illegal Persons in Texas
UT San Antonio announces plan to pay poor students' tuition
Brazoria County Tax office employee accused of stealing
Opportunity Knocks for Texas Republicans
Venue district law allows cities & counties to recapture half of state sales tax
collected due to major events they sponsor which could be in other states
Milam County residents believe coal-fired power plants will be beneficial
Cities fail to slow permits for coal power plants
East Texas cities gain right to challenge coal-fired power plants
Proposed FutureGen site in Penwell passes muster
Should tax abatements be abated?
Testimony concludes in wind-farm lawsuit
Greenie-Weenies make changes at Rice University, no more Kleenex
Retired firefighter credited with heroism in saving families from fire
It's official: Armbrister is named Perry's legislative director
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) calls on financial community not to fund
Texas "dirty" coal power plants
Commentary: They scared us... (about the greenie-weenies)
Shapleigh files bills to prevent local & state officials from enforcing federal
immigration laws
African sleeping sickness scare shuts Texas post office, Officials identify
substance found at post office
McAllen: One acquitted, another guilty in La Villa prison escape
Investment proposal draws fire at Teacher Retirement System meeting
Sheriff: Community safe from tent jail in Brownsville
Convicted Pantex courier sentenced to 30 months in prison
Fort Worth Roman Catholic diocese reveals another abuser, Wichita Falls
priest removed over past sex abuse claim
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia's insurer settles Blanco monastery
abuse claim
El Paso's Bridge of the Americas to get $4.3 million tech upgrade
Judge: Craddick must answer questions about calendar
UPDATE: City council hears Wal-Mart debate at meeting, Northcross
Wal-Mart put on hold, North Austin weird folk protest a Wal-Mart at a mall
David Barton: new face of the religious right? - let's hope not
12/14/2006:
Travis County District Judge Margaret Cooper orders Craddick to turn over
non-officeholder calendars for time during redistricting
RIP: Son of Texas Icon H.L. Hunt, NFL owner Lamar Hunt dead at 74, Hunt in
a league all his own, Lamar Hunt: From Super Bowl to soccer, he staked a
claim
Former Southlake official pleads guilty in fraud scheme
Houston man claiming wrongful conviction could be released from prison
Police jurisdiction crosses the line, officers in Texarkana now have jurisdiction
on both sides of the border
Who's playing the Texas Lottery? ( full state report - pdf)
UPDATE: Time Warner tries to explain glitch as mayor of Vidor defends town,
As report on racism in Vidor airs, TV screens go blank in SE Texas
Report says medical care lacking for Texas foster care children
Parks & Wildlife official calls for site transfer review
Killeen businesses seeing increase in sales after return of 4th Infantry Div.
Farmers Branch migrant law's foes turn in petitions
Former ATF agent in Magnolia could face prison
Bill designed to help blind hunters
Georgetown Whataburger employees hailed as heroes
City campaigns in Houston to go on-line with campaign filings
UPDATE, Verdict in Grain Elevator Murder Trial, Trial Continues in Grain
Elevator Murder Case
Houston's Liberal Jackson Lee, Lampson lose bids for plum committee
assignments in the US House of Representatives
Lubbock's councilman Boren to urge state action to help pay for mandates,
lower appraisal hikes
Cameron County inmates erect jail tent
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Lubbock's councilman Boren to urge state action to help pay for mandates,
lower appraisal hikes
Cameron County inmates erect jail tent
Black & Decker's Kwikset lays off more workers in Grayson County
Irving turns to Lubbock's McDougal for expertise on redevelopment
News group appeals for journalist shield law in Texas, 'Free Flow of
Information' bill will bring facts to more Texans
Carlos Guerra: Stunning election results are product of a convoluted contest
Savoy is key city in power plant debate, Savoy Joins Texas Clean Air Cities
Coalition
Dallas businessmen join forces to block coal-fired power plants - more greenieweenie silliness
12/13/2006:
Lamar Hunt fighting for life, Lamar Hunt seriously ill
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center shut down because of mountain lion
sighting
Senator Eltife has list of priorities for 80th session
Petitioners confident as deadline for Big Spring recall nears
UT fraternity members indicted for hazing in pledge's death
Texas Pacific Group's multibillion-dollar spending spree, a list
State shouldn't transfer parks without study
Beaumont fire union's push vexes councilman
UPDATE: Del Rio ready for Rodriguez, Democrat Rodriguez ousts Bonilla
from House seat, Bonilla falls short in runoff, Jaime Castillo: Rodriguez win
was earthquake that continues Demo takeover
Developers slam Brownwood landscape ordinance
District clerk free to earn a check while on the run
UPDATE: State law would delay any recall until May, Brownwood recall
petitions ready to sign, Brownwood recall committee to begin collecting
signatures to oust mayor, council, Mayor and others react to recall effort,
Recall filing rejected by city, Recall of entire city council brewing in
Brownwood
El Paso charity settles with embattled former boss
Austin woman sentenced in NYC for stealing Glenn Gould items
Patriot Guard Riders continuing to grow
Mediation hearing scheduled as officials hope to resolve lawsuit filed over
assault of girl at Texarkana JDC
TXU retro-fitting coal burning power plants with cleaner emissions technology
Law firm hired by McLennan County for representation in power plant
hearings in Austin
Congressman Reyes scoffs at errors on terror test, plans to learn
Sucker punch was a joke for Pauly Shore, Police: Odessa assault a set up
El Paso City Council OKs $5,000 city homestead exemption
New call center coming to San Angelo
Border Fence Still An Issue For South Texas Communities
Redaction Failed - Travis County Puts Sensitive Records Back Online
Dumas Illegal Busted for Bribery
12/12/2006:
UPDATE: Del Rio ready for Rodriguez, Democrat Rodriguez ousts Bonilla
from House seat
Once hailed as hero, man convicted in the Abilene blaze
Feds raid Swift meat plant in the Cactus for illegal workers,
ICE agents raid meat processing plants in 6 states
Voting slow in district 23rd race
Editorial: Bonilla better option in ugly runoff race
Criminal investigation launched into Stafford fire chief
District clerk remains at large
Cowboys reveal stadium's design plans
Probe: Dallas County jail conditions violate inmates' rights
Texas Unemployment Insurance Tax Rates Decrease for Most Employers
Lake Travis levels at 42 year low
Muslim charity seeks to dismiss some terror charges
Final Texas congressional seat to be decided, Democrats hope to paint final
House district blue
UPDATE: Coryell appraiser responds to claims, Attorney General asked to
review Coryell County Appraisal District
El Paso Ethics Board to investigate current, former County Commissioners
TAB rep: Coal-fired plants critical, Texas faces energy crisis without more
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review Coryell County Appraisal District
El Paso Ethics Board to investigate current, former County Commissioners
TAB rep: Coal-fired plants critical, Texas faces energy crisis without more
power generation, Hammond says
Rockport to discuss plans for annexation
DeLay hoping to GAIN trust of conservatives
Texas A&M University in mourning after death of a professor
Personal data exposed in UT Dallas Internet attack, officials say
Woodlands residents celebrate independence
Minutemen recruit in Andrews
An emotional plea: Family to kidnappers ‘Please call us again...’
Texas Transportation Institute recommends raising the gas tax!
Potter County freezes downtown taxes in Amarillo
Homosexual retirement communities springing up
U.S. Rep. Edwards, D-Waco, scheduled for throat surgery
Editorial: Turn other cheek in Potter County
12/11/2006:
Texas Municipal League wages aggressive campaign do deny citizen votes
on property tax hikes
Problems force plane to belly land at Hobby
Drought limits cotton crop, still Texas' fourth-largest - & the farm lobby is bemoaning no
drought relief payments!
Producer plans to film oil series in Odessa, shows to focus on independent oil
producers
Dist. 23 bid turns dirty, Bonilla-Rodriguez race is 'dogfight' to the end
Jaime Castillo: A Rodriguez victory begins with the viable challenge he poses
TASB survey shows superintendents' salaries up - again
Clay Robison: Lobbyists now seeing need for campaign contribution limits - of
course they do, it makes for more paying lobbying jobs if the rich cannot go directly to the politicos with
donations
Bill would allow legally blind Texans to hunt
City of Rhome fires police chief (this is a place with speeding cameras)
Wise County Sheriff eliminates work release program
Survey: McAllen ranks last in police pay list
Texas City Terminal at Shoal Point project still at the docks
Austin case tops Child Support Evaders list
El Paso: gifts to mayor may be violation of ethics code
Incoming House intelligence chief, Texan Reyes, botches easy intel quiz
Turnout may be key in Bonilla-Rodriguez runoff - no kidding!
Two Fort Worth legislators, two bills, one goal: strengthen marriage
Not all agree new jails Harris County needed
Harris Co. Sheriff's son faces possession charge
Former TSU professor will leave prison early, serves only 6 months of 10yr s.
Millions still needed to fund park deal and prevent private buy-out of Eagle
Mountain Lake
12/09 & 10/2006:
Cuevas: TABC likely to receive positive recommendation by Sunset
Commission - too bad but public pressure has ended some abuses
Nanny State blows smoke at foster care in Texas
Rep. Fred Hill to stand in way of property tax reform, again
A look at Texas universities tuition and fee increases
Former Gov. Bill Clements, Robert Mosbacher & "Red" McCombs named
Texas chairmen for McCain for President - not a one of 'em have any commitment to
anything but fiscal conservatism
18 rescued from stuck elevator at San Antonio's Tower of the Americas
Reversal on implants big news in Houston, where the craze began
Mexican unrest affecting Valley tour industry
Corsicana pecan factory learns Japanese market tough nut to crack
Big names, big dollars in Bush library bid
Forbidden houseboats stay afloat in Big Thicket preserve
Houston sees troublesome spike in teen violent crime
New Cowboys stadium may widen social divisions - who but a commie would think like
this?
Truckers often carry rap sheets, Exclusive: Investigation finds felonies,
substance abuse before fatal accidents - the conspiracy people say that it's Mexican truck
drivers who will make the highways unsafe!
Dallas revives battle against liquor stores near schools - good grief!
138th district court bench may be empty for a while
Jefferson County judge loses office but manages to hold on to his goals
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drivers who will make the highways unsafe!
Dallas revives battle against liquor stores near schools - good grief!
138th district court bench may be empty for a while
Jefferson County judge loses office but manages to hold on to his goals
Federal jury convicts ex-Houston Teamsters leader on rigged elections &
kickbacks
El Paso County Board of Ethics explores investigation of Co. Judge &
Commissioner over trips from bidder to operate county's Sportspark
Sides moving closer on law to protect press sources
Sekula-Gibbs has much to say, as brief stint winds down, she leaves her
mark with votes and speeches
Fort Stockton early turnout better than expected in special election between
Bonilla & Rodriguez
Critics claim Bonilla lost Hispanics' support
Ciro Rodriguez to get boost from Clinton in run against Bonilla
1,000 Texas National Guard troops return after serving a year as
peacekeepers in Kosovo
Texans win with Congress' tax bill
Boy holds up convenience store for $1 candy
Coryell County woman receives 2nd death threat by email
UPDATE: Attorney: Hidalgo district clerk plans to turn self in next week
Texas Inmate on death row for 30 years faces Jan. 25 execution
Critics say Farmers Branch petition tainted, group seeking vote on
immigration issue denies dirty tactics, Some Want Names Off Farmers
Branch Petition
Woodlands deal may stave off 'crisis'
12/08/2006:
North Texas Police: String of attacks 'scares us to death'
Texas sales tax collections hit record high - City of Lubbock up 8.35%
Perry vows to work with new Mexican president
Hays County sued in groping case
Waller County abolishes elections office, sudden closure follows complaints
of irregularities
UT's D.K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium is getting a face lift, demolition
started
Editorial: Bill unwisely targets Texas homebuilders
Former Boy Scout leader arrested on indecency charges
McLennan County residents voice their disapproval of proposed building of
coal fired power plants
DMN Editorial: For accurate appraisals, make sales prices public
Judge: SMU has clear title to condos on Presidential library site
Report: Texas women-owned businesses gaining ground
UPDATE: Pakistani student at HCC charged in Taliban plot, Taliban
supporters trained in Montgomery County, Houston men accused of
conspiring to help terrorists
Ex-Dallas police chief's termination suit going to federal court
Environmentalists bemoan Texas and its sanity in permitting
League City Democrats question cop's political job
The Woodlands received its declaration of independence from the city of
Houston Thursday, but that independence comes with a price, Conroe Mayor
Tommy Metcalf says it's a "Win, win, win!"
Sherman Lawyer Sues District Court Judge
Undocumented Immigrants in Texas: A Financial Analysis ( study in pdf format)
Government Entities Lobbying for More Government, Faces Scrutiny
El Paso featured in new Tom Clancy video game
$4 million Orange County heist leads to 2 arrests
American Airlines pulls bid for nonstop China flights
Proposed bill to block citizenship for babies of illegals has more wrinkles
UPDATE: Drugs found in Hidalgo County district clerk’s home, Hidalgo County
District clerk wanted on sexual assault charges
12/07/2006:
Man in ski mask attacks boy at Brownsville school
End the Vicious Cycle of Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
Increase in cattle rustling prompts industry group to offer rewards
It's official: Dist. 23 runoff next Tuesday, U.S. DOJ approves election date
Texas high court hears billionaires' fight over whether local or California judge
sets alimony
No indictment for Potter County Road & Bridge employees or Commissioner
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It's official: Dist. 23 runoff next Tuesday, U.S. DOJ approves election date
Texas high court hears billionaires' fight over whether local or California judge
sets alimony
No indictment for Potter County Road & Bridge employees or Commissioner
Joe Kirkwood for alleged abuse of official capacity
Port Arthur EDC official charged with fraud
Peggy Venable: Enact Taxpayer Protection Act and Allow Voters to
Determine Amount of Government We Pay For
Rep. Hopson Will Soon Have to Measure Popularity Against Undeniable Shifts
in District
Ambulance firms raided in Medicaid fraud inquiry
Texas settles with pharmaceutical company
Lawmakers vow to fight anti-immigrant legislation
Ex-director of Snyder chamber pleads guilty to felony theft
Survey: Texans oppose fast tracking coal plants
Barge nearly strikes Queen Isabella bridge, pier protection system prevents
repeat of 2001 accident
12/06/2006:
Perry says guest worker program needed, Perry call border wall idea
'preposterous'
Kerrville woman accused of trying to extort Bart Starr
Rodriguez says rival Bonilla is a hypocrite, Rodriguez denies Bonilla criticisms
Jaime Castillo: Bonilla is traveling dangerous path as runoff vote approaches
Get It On Paper: Electronic voting machines need backup
TAB: "We Don't Believe the State Should Have a Role in Immigration Policy"
Aransas Pass recall validity question goes to judge
Houston homeowner mistakenly shoots at FBI agents
Senior Municipal Court Judge Allen Gilbert suspended by San Angelo council
Texas Republican elected as head of National Foundation for Women
Legislators
Ex-lawman is apparent jail suicide
Alvin: Dist. 29 state house candidates face off in forum
When Government Should and Should Not Keep Secrets, State Rep.Ken
Paxton
GM scaling back production at Arlington plant
Southeast Texas Swampbillies in action: Father, son shootout
Amarillo again sued over voting issue - single-member districts sought
Citation over checkpoint warning stirs suit
Perry Campaign Chief, Luis Saenz, to Lobby
Italian company wins contract at El Paso airport - the kooks will love this
Tyler: Smith County is more Republican than ever study shows
UPDATE: Rep. King disputes ethics fine, Ethics Commission fines two
committee chairmen $1000 each, now says legislator to legislator gifts must
be reported
UPDATE: Lawsuit narrowed to FPL Energy, Landowners, consultants
dropped from wind farm lawsuit, Wind-power push raising ire, concerned
homeowners file suit amid drive for renewable energy - is there anything everyone
supports?
McLane distributor for closed Taco Bells
Aransas Pass may rethink harbor deal
UT students display an "ACLU Solstice Barn" with politically correct figures to
parody ACLU objections to Nativity Scenes (photo)
Texan lights matches on American Airlines plane to cover smell of "body
odor", plane makes emergency landing in Nashville
Study Looks at Panama Canal Expansion’s Effect on Texas Transport
Employment rises 26% in 10 years at state colleges, other state employment
has decreased
Pete's Puppet Update: Heflin meets with HC head,calls for ending tuition hike
Republican (Geren of Fort Worth) files bill to shed light on lobbying
Former agent: Proposed immigration policy flawed
Railroad commissioner: ‘We’re moving toward a carbon-managed world
Beta test of border camera program complete, cameras now offline
Laredo council pushes for random testing of police, firefighters, others
Bonilla criticizes runoff opponent in Congressional special election runoff
3 of 10 command post officers resign from Nueces Co. Sheriff's Office
Senator Duncan to push appointment of judges, Rep. Isett tax reform - which
has their priorities straight?
abetterlubbock.org's commercials on judicial
appointment
Editorial: Business tax loopholes must be closed soon
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Senator Duncan to push appointment of judges, Rep. Isett tax reform - which
has their priorities straight?
abetterlubbock.org's commercials on judicial
appointment
Editorial: Business tax loopholes must be closed soon
Payne Springs residents question arrest of 82 year old in traffic stop
State parks seek funding for improvements
Tarleton State expanding in Fort Worth campus offerings
Texas moves up two spots in dubious public health rankings
Family owned bank since 1862 to be sold to Houston firm, is Texas' oldest
surviving bank
Mary Kay gets Beijing's blessing for direct selling in reversal of previous rules
JFK Conspiracy Museum loses its space - good
Lower Colorado River Authority turning manure into power
AG says Denton Co. District Judge erred in using county funds for attorneys
FB resident sues city, council over illegal alien ordinance issue
Spiraling tuition will be hot topic for legislators
From Speaker Tom Craddick 12-04-06
Bush library finalists confident as choice nears
Dallas on lookout for water raiders, Legislature's plans may drain
well-prepared district
College 10% law under fire, Legislators take aim, say other students are hurt
Keep Austin Weird, meet MAN: Keep Austin Normal
Wealthy Texans paying to derail Hillary Clinton
Clay Robison: Cash may stand in way of changing 'builder protection agency'
More bemoaning Stenholm's loss from the Abilene paper
Electronic voting must be accurate
Editorial: Texas needs ethics reform - a Pratt told you so on why the Ethics Panel was right,
they are not to write law
Michael Quinn Sullivan ending tenure as Texas Public Policy Foundation VP
Capitol Watch: More pre-filed for 80th legislative session
UPDATE: Restoration details soon to come, Settles Hotel buyers seeking
historic artifacts, City of Big Spring sells Settles Hotel
Dewhurst, Hutchison and 2010
Katy: Muslims move in, tell pig racer to move out, result: pig farmer to stage
weekly pig races on Muslim holy day of Friday
Lobbyists' season of giving heats up, funds rush to politicians before blackout
Claim: New business tax law still full of old loopholes
Farm Bureau pushes bill to curtail eminent domain & make it more fair
Waco veterans hospital to stay open
Federal Judge rules weekend Early Voting permitted in CD23 run-off if
counties so choose
Pelosi taps El Paso Democrat for Intelligence Committee
Armbrister is in - maybe, Democrat state senator will likely work for
governor's office as legislative director
Editorial: Certify state surplus before spending it
City of Rusk to sue former city manager
State representative wants to use technology to fight meth production
Galveston name change proposal sinks
War protestors convicted of blocking road near Bush ranch
Appraisers see flaws in system, Below-market values hurt homeowners and
school funding, they say - they want more of your money!
Beaumont: Former assistant DA indicted in federal case for mail fraud
Texas lawmakers push for stricter emissions standards - bad, bad, bad!
46 years as Hilton Hotel come to an end, El Paso Hilton becoming Wyndham
Grayson County appraisal office making changes after citizen pressure
UT nixes free football tickets for ex-regents
Family of pastor electrocuted during baptism settles lawsuit
Montgomery Co. assistant DA arrested on DWI charge
Austin police seize hundreds of 8-liner machines
Waiting game ; Piñas remain in captivity; Cuellar asks for assistance
Stephenville going after overcrowded homes with new ordinance
Winter Weather Prompts Response from TX National Guard
U.S. to test new questions for citizenship test (& quiz)
Japan tests defensive missile at Fort Bliss
Mandatory animal ID plan scrapped, will be voluntary
Texas State gets $5 million gift for engineering
Legislature ready to review 'Appraisal creep'
Gregg County gives jail contractor 90 days' notice
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Texas State gets $5 million gift for engineering
Legislature ready to review 'Appraisal creep'
Gregg County gives jail contractor 90 days' notice
33 indicted in Harris County Medicaid probe
Dallas Galleria jewelry store robbed of $120,000 in diamonds
District 23 runoff vote won't start Saturday in Bexar County
Carlos Guerra: Bonilla has benefited greatly from his loyalty to Tom DeLay
Former state senator Dickson dies
Former legislator, rancher Seeligson dies at age 83
Beaumont Editorial: Legislature must focus on duties, avoid distractions
Killeen looks to buy downtown property of First Baptist Church and use it as
a mega-government offices/services center
New Boston, TX papery mill will stay open with new Canadian owner
Landtroop won't contest District 85 outcome
Politics & Plowshares Farm bill extension expected; few changes likely
Congressman Mac Thornberry (TX-13) discusses area issues
Pantex nuke site operator fined $110,000 for violating nuclear safety rules
UPDATE: Sweetwater businessman back home after being held hostage,
Kidnappers free Texan, Mexican; 3 still held
Rodriguez campaign cancels debate, scheduling conflict cited in calling off
event with Bonilla
O'Brien Appointed Director of Legislative Budget Board
Senator Van de Putte (D) files bill to make the human papilloma virus (HPV)
vaccine a required immunization for sixth-grade girls
Gov. Perry Orders Flags at Half-Staff In Memory of Former Senator Frank
Madla
Christmas Tree Unveiled in the Texas House Chambers
State income tax eyed for education funds
Cameron County to house some inmates in tent work camps
Big Spring police chief boots officer after his arrest
Former Brown County District Attorney Skylar Sudderth out on bond
Petition drive taking aim at illegal alien rental ordinance in Farmers Branch
City of Friendswood may require workers to speak English
McKinney: Cheerleader scandal rocks Texas town
Houston: Pay to play? City may charge youths to use fields
Former West Texas officer pleads guilty to asking driver for sexual favors
UPDATE: State asks DOJ to clear election date, Former GOP rival backs
Democrat in Dist. 23 runoff - then they were never truly Republicans to begin with
Toyota trucks are good but San Antonio needs revival of high tech jobs
Ethics panel says conduct intended to influence lawmakers in Speaker's race
but activity not clearly against the law
Crowd turns out for piece of Kinky's campaign
3 Texans Among Those Kidnapped At Mexican Ranch
Health care pool catches on with small businesses
Lubbock editorial: Appraisal Reform Faces Uphill Battle
Judge unseals FW diocese's records in sexual abuse cases
UPDATE: Pratt's response printed in Globe-News, Amarillo columnist still
crying about re-districting
Bryan considers tax break for new oil, gas business
More prisons not answer, 2 Texas lawmakers insist
Carlos Guerra: Will the Bonilla-Rodríguez runoff hinge on money or issues?
Officials not required to disclose value of monetary gifts, Ethics panel is
criticized for ruling any sum can simply be called 'currency'
Police Say Allen Man Hired Hitman To Kill Wife
Drivers license changes will cost you time -- and money
UPDATE: 4th candidate joins District 29 race, 3 vie for the late Glenda
Dawson’s TX House seat in special election
Former state rep candidate faces drug charge in Harlingen
Rhome city council delves into management of police department - they could
start be getting rid of the speed enforcement cameras they installed
Former Brownwood policeman enters guilty plea in Federal drug charge
Police: Pay of oilfield steals officers
Robinson Fire Department looking into options after losing fire truck to fallen
crane in I-35 debacle
Fannin residents speak out on coal-fired power plant
Lt. Gov. & Speaker say enough money exists to keep the RR running,
GUEST COLUMN: Legislature de-railing Texas State Railroad - if the ridership
numbers are true then it should pay for itself!
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Fannin residents speak out on coal-fired power plant
Lt. Gov. & Speaker say enough money exists to keep the RR running,
GUEST COLUMN: Legislature de-railing Texas State Railroad - if the ridership
numbers are true then it should pay for itself!
City of El Paso joins state rep. in attempt to re-open Tigua casino
Crash south of Waco blocks I-35 all day, Crane falls trying to clear wreckage;
backup 15 miles both ways
- still think we don't need the TTC?
Editorial: Property appraisal caps are not the right answer
Texas Capitol Christmas trees delivered
Lampson to build on the support of Muslims
Federal National Incident Management System wants to end police "10" code
system to foster better communication
Law vows to make 'I do's long-lasting, Rep. Bill Zedler, R-Arlington to
introduce covenant marriage law
Regulation would force companies to fire employees for Social Security
number mismatch - Houston Chronicle seems to think that is terrible
Austin paper: Texas owes it to future to slow down power plant approvals and when Austin is having brownouts it will all be the fault of Perry and the Republicans!
Few want to manage Edinburg: Edinburg not attracting applicants for city
manager
Brownwood city manager on the way out? - send him to Edinburg...
City of Abilene fee happy
A look at legislation pre-filed for 80th legislative session, by State
Representative Larry Phillips
Migrant madness: Immigration bills await lawmakers
Rep. Leo Berman to push Illegal immigration bill in Texas House
Texas needs solid immigration plan, New Braunfels editorial
Texas lawmakers to discuss prolonged drought and water issues
West Texas Regional leaders see big potential for wind energy
Runoff date opposed by Latinos, Perry says court ordered fast election;
group says GOP aims to limit votes
Quail hunting has positive impact on rural economies
McAllen, Harlingen ranked among cheapest places to live
State's tuition plan may be on the mend, Texas Tomorrow Fund could reopen
in '07 if adjusted, report says
Border group's finances scrutinized, Minuteman founder reveals figures, but
some still wonder where the money went
Collin County's rural residents pressured to clean up
Montgomery County sheriff uniforms honored
Task force finds appraisal reform a divisive issue - that's why they needed the task
force, tell us something we don't know!
Cost for care of illegal immigrants soars as policies vary widely
Former state Sen. Frank Madla dies in San Antonio house fire
TMPA takes tax dollars but operates as a union
audio spot
San Antonio firefighters union reject contract offer
A&M regents name chancellor
IBM wins huge Texas computing consolidation contract
Tom Green County elections administrator quits
Round Rock to get wind turbine project
Fort Stockton to be site of only debate between Henry Bonilla (R) & Ciro D.
Rodriguez, the Democratic challenger in Congressional runoff - Dec 12
Campaign Notebook: Rodriguez hammers Bonilla's votes on vets
Final hearing on taxes is held, report on appraisal reform will be sent to the
Legislature
Another Liberal Whining editorial from the Longview paper: Sad state: Texas
keeps showing its lack of compassion
Landry's pulls plug on Galveston tree lighting
Operation Linebacker allows Val Verde deputies to aid Hudspeth County
Speed traps: Small towns accused of abusing power
City of Beaumont debates firefighter's union, result: none
Member "Mayors Against Illegal Guns" pleaded guilty to firearms charges
Judge gives ex-county (Val Verde) leader three months in prison, two years
supervised release
Drainage battle rises from flooding dispute to First Amendment lawsuit
New report: Coal plants will cause 240 deaths annually claim Environmentalist
Whackos in Texas
Continental Airlines would look at merger
“No Chains on Main!” is a catch-phrase in Fredericksburg
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Continental Airlines would look at merger
“No Chains on Main!” is a catch-phrase in Fredericksburg
Rail car leak, fire shut down Houston Ship Channel, burns send one chemical
plant worker to hospital
Dems agitate on stem cells in Texas Legislature
Austin group wins four-year, $244 million award, IBM team gets
supercomputer challenge
E. Texas judge places limits on foster care, Tyler jurist bans state from
sending children far off or separating sibling
Does 'City of Galveston Island' grab you? Marketing firm tells Galveston to
change its name - more waste of tax dollars
City Manager put on administrative leave by Fritch City Council
Howard County shuffling priorities as jail closure continues
Strayhorn says TX economy will track with rest of country, growing at slow
pace
Taxpayers group violated gag order in Beeville election deposition release can a judge stop political speech?
Texas Summit to Address Immigration Reform
Commissioner-Elect Staples Announces Picks for Top Staff Positions
Houston radio talk show raises tens of thousands, buys plane for border law
enforcement to patrol empty West Texas border
Houston legislator, Garnet Coleman (D), on a mission to raise minimum wage
Texas Municipal League Legislative priorities include attacks on property
rights of land OUTSIDE of city limits & expansion of electronic law
enforcement
Employees union urges Texas to slow down on computer contract - I told you so!
Editorial: Slow down effort to privatize benefits
Judge: Convicted councilman must step down in Galveston
Town could lose water service if bill isn't paid
Dems face uphill battle in Texas
Corpus Christi: Disbarred lawyer to serve 45 years for draining dying
veteran's estate
Del Rio election for JP shows border area still suspect with democracy
Amarillo: Letter sparks Pantex plant safety review
"Gay Friendly" magazine publisher in El Paso rips off local businesses
Tyler: Smith Co. commissioners hear report on election day problems (surprise,
surprise ES&S is the vendor again!)
Suspicious substance found at the federal courthouse in Waco
Laredo: Former city manager to receive balance of contract at his option
Habitat for Humanity and City of Killeen at odds over costs
Prominent Woodlands chiropractor among 7 arrested on drug-related
charges
Rural school district elections will move to November
Houston janitors reach deal to end strike
Claim: Linebacker plan catches more (illegal) immigrants than criminals - good!
Smith County (Tyler) leads state in inmates shipped out of county
Houston police target copper crooks
Scott Stroud: Latino backlash against GOP immigration policy a gift to
Demos
Grand jury testimony by ex-TSU president in question
Beaumont event center, Ford Park, manager abducted for center robbery
North Texas to name facility after FIRED coach!
Austin Statesman Opinion: Texas appeals court does not ensure justice
Police raids spark obscenity debate in Southeast Texas
La Salle County mulls JP's removal from post
Austin: City, developers grapple with rising prices downtown - why they see
prosperity as a negative I'll never understand!
Workers are the lifeblood of Cactus, TX, but most are there illegally (part 1 of 3)
They come to work - and to send money home (part 2 of 3)
State appraisal panel looks at revenue limits, Cities, counties say such limits
would force them to make cuts - FANTASTIC!
Can downtown El Paso rise again?
Amarillo Globe-News wants non-partisan judicial elections - because their favorite
lost!
Clay Robison: Proposals seek death penalty option for repeat child rapists
Goliad flap over seized cars goes to state
Texas water plan ignores global warming, scientist warns - good!
Harris County leads nation in pipeline accidents caused by corrosion
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Clay Robison: Proposals seek death penalty option for repeat child rapists
Goliad flap over seized cars goes to state
Texas water plan ignores global warming, scientist warns - good!
Harris County leads nation in pipeline accidents caused by corrosion
Many Texans don't take action to save on electricity - why is this a surprise, millions
stayed with AT&T for years after long distance de-regulation
Corpus Christi uses citizen patrols to enforce disabled parking
5th Circuit agrees to hear Houston bible display appeal with full court
State lawmakers have a problem - too much cash - then give it back, it's our money!
Talk of state income tax? It's out there
Houston's striking janitors back to negotiating table
Columnist upset other North Texans are not worked up over the Trans Texas
Corridor - could it be they're for new roads & less congestion? He doesn't even consider such.
Kennard firefighter guilty of arson
Various bills filed by South Texas Reps. & Senators
Immigration promises to heat up Texas Capitol
More whining & crying about being outspent from some Texas reps - notice they
have no objections to races where they were the big dollar candidate
UPDATE: Jury rejects claim that W'04 sticker design stolen, Jury selection
begins in suit over 'W' sticker, photo
UPDATE: Sekula-Gibbs wants probe over destroyed files, Sekula-Gibbs
demands probe of aides who quit, Shelley Sekula-Gibbs' capitol staff quits,
more
UPDATE: Sheriff closes Howard County jail, Howard County officials expect
close vote on jail; opponents expect defeat
Sen. Rodney Ellis Files Texas Smoke-Free Workplace Law
Williamson County elections administrator resigns
Overcrowded jails in Potter County
Ethics Complaint Filed Against Dem candidate Ramirez in Tyler
Last of the 1950's shops on Austin's "Drag" to close
DC: Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth elected GOP House conference
vice-chair Rep. John Carter, Round Rock, named GOP conference secretary
Texas job market continues upswing
Navasota firefighter charged with solicitation of 13 year old
State's bills $50 million too high, agencies failed to price shop
O'Conner & other elites tell us electing OUR judges is bad
Clear Channel agrees to $18.7B acquisition
Court: Bush overstepped in Texas capital cases
Talk of Craddick & a Speaker’s “Race” is Liberal Pipe Dream
Barton Ends Candidacy, Backs Boehner for GOP house leader
1st rocket launched from Van Horn spaceport
Residents voice concerns over new plutonium project at PANTEX
Sparks fly over property tax relief - the uniformed claim it benefits the "rich"
Medina County clerk leaves post-election headaches
METRO officers go after woman eating animal crackers on bus - they don't want
to deport illegal aliens because of time but have time for this!
Former East Texas police chief found guilty on two charges
Reeves County judge race headed for recount
Lott, Texans win GOP leadership posts
ignatures calling for a tax rollback election handed in to Blinn College officials
Perry asking teacher's pension fund to invest in Emerging Tech Fund
State needs drug programs for prisoners
Sunset Commission blames parole board for prison overcrowding
Henderson County stiffs local attorneys until AG rules
Dems claim Hispanics moved Dallas County Democrat, little evidence exists
Texas Democrat wants to restrict redistricting
Electricity costs hamper Texas economy, conference told
Bill would permit up to 12 full-fledged casinos in Texas
Bedford: Resolution approved on Planned Parenthood
Perry seeks review of 2 lobbying deals
Smoking ordinance results in Big Spring recall effort
Editorial: Sales price disclosure on real estate needed
Perry launches effort to help Texas compete
Ciro facing a new ballgame in District 23 runoff
Voucher advocate has little to show for his donations
Toyota unveils manufacturing plant in San Antonio
Waco paper against coal fired electric plants
Asphalt plant told to ‘pack it up’ by Del Rio city council
World's largest municipal Wi-Fi network is in ... Corpus Christi?
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Toyota unveils manufacturing plant in San Antonio
Waco paper against coal fired electric plants
Asphalt plant told to ‘pack it up’ by Del Rio city council
World's largest municipal Wi-Fi network is in ... Corpus Christi?
Military cargo to increase at Beaumont port, setback for Corpus Christi to
help Beaumont
Plano logo divides council - do they not have better things to do?
Groups say Farmers Branch law improper for landlords
Madisonville residents demand changes to traffic stops
Voting problems plague Williamson County, electronic votes counted triple
Caldwell Co: Massive cockfighting operation busted
Craddick Initiates “Back to School Program” for House Members
Austin: Congress Ave. bridge to be renamed for Gov. Ann Richards
Judge ends Texas' lawsuit in Harrington case
TX should stop spending highway funds for non-highway purposes, poll
shows
Top Aransas Pass leaders: Election is invalid, Mayor, pro-tem say the Nov. 4
recall vote violated state law
Speakers race fading - I told you so!
Texas’ Retail Electric Market is Working, It’s the Price to Beat that is Causing
Problems
Madden Appointed to the Private Sector Prison Industries Oversight Authority
Deuell Files Jessica’s Law, Senate Bill 68 to Strengthen Child Predator Laws
Migrants targeted in flurry of bills - no it's Illegal Immigrants DMN!
UPDATE: Texas Baptists instruct director to recover Valley mission funds,
Baptists shocked at news of misuse of funds in Rio Grande Valley
Peewee football game turns into brawl when parents rush field
Despite not winning governor's mansions, environmentalists pleased with
results
Jerry Jeff Walker sues over tribute album
Amateur Football Association moving from NJ to Texas
UPDATE: Outcry over video prompts three creators to leave A&M, Aggie
president denounces 'utterly disgusting' video
UPDATE: Farmers Branch passes anti-illegal alien ordinances, Crowd
gathering in Farmers Branch, Vandals target Farmers Branch mayor’s house,
‘English Only’ debate may have sparked ‘Viva Mexico’ message
Judge: Schlosser to remain in hospital for another year
Early bills give glimpse of Legislature's agendas
UTEP officer shoots at vehicle, suspect sought
Voters want option of turning out representatives
$350,000-plus: Laredo may owe former city manager big final check
More problems with government buildings & construction in the Valley
Rhome council upset at decrease in traffic tickets by local PD - revenue anyone?
Give Gov. Perry a salute on Trinity river effort
El Paso police scrap plan to ban officers as funeral escorts
Motor Voter registration process causes problems - then let's end it, please!
Employees' Retirement Fund of Fort Worth needs bailout
Union my down American's chance at coveted Texas to China route
Lawmakers Turn their Attention to 2007 Agenda
Dewhurst wants tougher school background checks
Editorial: Thornberry avoids backlash
Five Tool volunteer firefighters resign
Pre-Filing of Bills Addresses Illegal Immigration, State Rep. Paxton
El Paso County to reconsider $5 million for Texas Tech med school
Neo-Nazi group held rally near the Texas Capitol
US officials chasing drug suspect cross into Mexico from Texas
Actress in anti-Ford advert in Tennessee Senate race an Austinite
State sends healthy tax rebate to local governments
Judicial races show how far Texas Democrats have to go, by Arnold García
Jr., editorial page editor, Austin-American Statesman
Speaker seems to have firm hold on leadership
Texas Assoc. of Counties at war over appraisal reform (lib blog report)
Have The First Shots Been Fired In The Gambling War Of The 80th Lege?
Texas Dems hoping gains weren't a fluke, party sees time and demographics
in its corner
Are Texas Democrats changing their image? Nothing in this story is evidence
of it though says they are in the headline.
Route 66 marks its 80th year - "You'll see Amarillo, and Gallup, New Mexico...."
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in its corner
Are Texas Democrats changing their image? Nothing in this story is evidence
of it though says they are in the headline.
Route 66 marks its 80th year - "You'll see Amarillo, and Gallup, New Mexico...."
What’s so super about super precincts? - saving money, that's what!
Odessa City Council to consider purchasing agreement with City of Dallas
Maxim magazine honors Big Texan Steak Ranch
Texas Town Joins Illegal-Immigrant Trend
Should Texas have criminal verdict of "Guilty but Mentally Ill"?
Toyota plant proves San Antonio attractive to business
Montgomery County Republican political machine extinguished the area's
hottest Democratic candidate in recent years
Immigrant babies fairing well in Texas under new rules, officials say new
Medicaid standards going smoothly in state - said only AFTER the election!
Texas' Joe Barton to run for GOP leader in the US House
Houston Democrat alleges impropriety in speaker's race - oh Boo Hoo
Tax reform panel floats idea of 5% appraisal cap, sales tax increase
Perry's pollster has uncanny skill at getting it right
Republicans more anxious now about running against Edwards
Medina County election problems come from human error too
Pharr and San Juan battle to annex same land
Legislators slam record TXU profits
State awards $450,000 to man who was wrongly imprisoned
Condom business in north Texas sues after store is denied
Cause for alarm: Is fire district blowing tax dollars? (Fire district)
Denton: District attorney-elect fires 25
Border Is Being Secured: Let's match effort on rest of immigration reform
Houston gardeners vilified after refusing to work for gay couple
Armbrister and Bonnen: Cleaning the air in Texas, air better than reported
College Station officials weighing end to nonprofit funds
Uninformed should stay away from polls
Roddy Stinson: Trial lawyers give $50,000 to 'neutral' watchdogs (Texas for
Public Justice)
Rumsfeld departure could delay BRAC process claims Ortiz
Scuffle reported at legislative caucus
Birder jailed in shooting of stray cat on toll bridge
Corpus Christi voters reject vehicle ban on Padre Island beach
Kinky may have lost the war but he won the publicity battle - after the election
everyone agrees with Pratt, it was all a marketing campaign
Perry says jobs, school are the focus of next term
Valley Dems want immigration reform, veterans hospital
Craddick's third session as speaker appears to be a lock
Dewhurst proposes death penalty for re-offending child molesters
Nacogdoches EDITORIAL: Democrats must prove they can offer solutions,
not just point fingers
Democratic San Augustine County votes strongly Republican
Texans likely haven't heard the last from the losing candidates - too bad
Ex-Willacy County commissioner set to be sentenced
Federal Agents raid home in Edinburg, 2 women arrested in fake document
ring
Attorney to Smith County commissioners: clashes with district judges over
authority is neither unique nor intractable
Falls County election officials apologize for voting issues
- I told you so, many
problems exist with paper ballot systems too!
Sherman City Council in Disagreement Over City Manager
Laredo voters approve civil service commission, an ethics commission, & the
ability for city employees to politic
Abbott says Texas Open Meetings Act ‘is alive and well’, Federal Judge rules
in favor of the TOMA
Former Odessan congressman J.T. Rutherford, 85, to be buried in Arlington
National Cemetary
'Dump Craddick' campaign building - this reporter is flat wrong, schilling for Dems
Lubbock County: Early signs show success for super precinct system
Single-member city gov. districts fails to pass in Amarillo election, Federal
lawsuit will continue
Congressman Neugebauer and Lubbock Voters React to Shift in Power In
Washington D.C.
Congressional shift unlikely to benefit High Plains cotton farmers - and yet local
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Washington D.C.
Congressional shift unlikely to benefit High Plains cotton farmers - and yet local
Dems have been claiming that the GOP was the enemy
Perry won't commit to full term as governor
Texas A&M President to Replace Rumsfeld, Gates' departure stuns Texas
A&M community
Landtroop will not request recount in HD 85
Programming error miscounts votes in south Texas
Task Force on Appraisal Reform to Hold Hearings in El Paso, San Antonio
Strip Clubs Drive Comeback of $2 Bill
Hardeman County "Wet" Election, passes package liquor sales
Tom Green County continues its election equipment woes - It isn't the equipment, it is
the people running elections in San Angelo
Howard County Judge goes to Democrat (after Republican quit in the
summer)
East Texas county uses blank paper after ballots run out
West Texas GOP incumbent Bonilla headed to runoff from Special Election
Cotton Bowl revamp to include dome study
Cowboys ordered to release stadium plans
Lampson wins full-term but Shelley Sekula-Gibbs headed to Washington as a
short-timer from special election win
Martha Wong upset by Dem. Chohen in Texas House race
McComb, Ortiz set for runoff in Dist. 33 special election
Former House member charged with assaulting man who defeated him
State legislative control stays with GOP
Brees (D) loses 3rd Court of Appeals race, Feud with NFL quarterback son
might have contributed to the loss
Republicans win sweep of Williamson Commissioners Court
Perry sounds moderate tone, calls for bipartisanship
District 85: Landtroop vs. Heflin race - it looks as if gambling, trial-lawyer &
big labor union money won the race
Executive defends electric deregulation in Texas
Cameron County elects Republican County Judge, 2nd in history
Voters for governor express wide range of opinions
Dallas County: Watkins wins DA race, Dems take county judge seat as well
Perry & statewide Republicans cruise to victory
Republicans Dewhurst, Abbott, Combs elected
Houston: Problems await some local voters at the polls
Dewhurst, Hutchison Preparing for Marquee Match-up in 2010
CHIP Enrollment Reaches Highest Level in Nearly a Year
Lubbock's Super Precinct Pilot Program a Model For Entire State
Election Day chicken dinner is tradition with Baytown church
Edinburg: Constable takes appeal to Supreme Court
Harris County, Houston area reports lines & voting machine problems - note the
problems are not unique to voting machines, just standard incompetence
Rep. Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton, R-Mauriceville, was questioned in probe of
former DeLay - some details are interesting
Brown County LULAC wants election officials suspended, Commissioners cite
authority, don’t act on request to suspend election officials
Bush to swing through Dallas tonight
Round Rock students accused of plotting school attack
Three Texas races to help determine control of Congress
Ex-liver doctor convicted of bilking millions in Houston
Jaime Castillo: New license plates display reality in debate over border
security
Ban on rice insecticide could equal new mosquitoes in Texas
Clay Robison: Dewhurst looking to 2010 and a shot at running for governor
Texas Director of Homeland Security speaks on Governor Perry’s homeland
security plan
video
Schools admit it! Having elections with others endangers their spending
machine
TODAY: Taxpayers Have Their Day in Court; Lawsuit is part of plan to end
taxpayer-funded lobbying
Political change is all around Texas, but not within it
Former Kaufman DA shoots self before arrest
El Paso Mayor threatening eminent-domain for downtown redevelopment
Amarillo Globe-News opposes proposed single-member districts for city - most
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Former Kaufman DA shoots self before arrest
El Paso Mayor threatening eminent-domain for downtown redevelopment
Amarillo Globe-News opposes proposed single-member districts for city - most
other cities were forced into these districts by federal courts
How enforcement of Election Law is seen in the Valley: "AG free to prosecute
those who aid elderly, disabled to vote"
Helium shortage grips Texas, country
Houston janitors' strike goes deeper than wages
Gov. Perry tours border as virtual watch debuts
US Supreme Court leaves 5th Circuit stay in place, 5th Circuit stays
injunction on enforcing Texas election laws, Order barring voter fraud
prosecutions struck down
Immigrant-Rights Activists Fail to Reach New-Voter Goal
Group plans minor league stadium in Dallas
Border Sheriffs: Perry the Best Choice for a Secure Border
Pundit bemoans idea of GOP rolling back business tax rates
SMU condo case delayed (space is for Bush Library)
Big gains in Texas unlikely for Dems, experts say
Houston: Striking janitors move downtown
Willis: Homeless man shoots truck driver, cell phone saves life
Candidate of the Year: Practical solutions, involving liquor and guns
Eight Texas border cameras go online
El Paso: Arrests of illegal immigrants drops by 9 percent in FY06 - amazing what
paying more attention to the border will do
Howard County Jail may be forced to close if deadlines not met, Debate
continues over Howard County jail situation
Delaware Basin could be big, oilman says, Barnett Shale could yield
‘enormous gas play’
Laredo: Appeals court rules council violated state law in 2004
4th Infantry soldiers return to Fort Hood
Harrington Trust fund verdict: judge rules for co-trustee
Early Voting rate same as 2002 gubernatorial election
Dinosaur theme park coming to Texas
Libertarian State Senate candidate jailed before election
Officials: Dallas restaurants should be more dog-friendly - more telling us how to live
and use our property!
2006 Capitol ornament unveiled (photo)
Austin: Toll reviews mostly positive
Neo-Nazi group to hold Capitol rally on Veteran's Day
UPDATE: McMurray's new logo sans Indians, Abilene's McMurray going
nameless to counter NCAA ban on Indians
Unusual Coalition, Perry, border sheriffs in Washington to talk security
Judge orders Texas to stop prosecuting part of election law (previous story
showing how cheating is happening)
Texas A&M system gets new chancellor, Dr. Mike McKinney to lead the
Texas Aggies
Houston mayor cancels free flu shots at polling places
Perry Announces Rapid Response Team for Goodyear Employees
Gov. Perry asks for disaster declaration for flooding in SE Texas
Tarrant County Democrats sue for backup ballots
HURRICANE AFTERMATH: FEMA trailers trashed by users
Aggies plan to continue bonfire tradition
UPDATE: New police chief looks to build force from ground up, City of Troy
fires entire police department
Wind turbines create a stir with landowners - some people will oppose anything!
More East Texas tire trouble: Cooper Tire to layoff 400+ jobs in Texarkana
Former U.S. prisoner of war (WWII) & German immigrant to Texas commits
murder & suicide in New Braunfels, was known cabinet maker
Amarillo Roman Catholic Diocese has removed a priest from a Borger
Harrington trust case resumes today in district court
Snafu briefly halts electronic voting in Denton County
Toll roads open around Austin - Oh No! End of the World!
Demo-GOP split is evident on the 'vested rights' issue
Texas: say goodbye to boll weevils
Even Big Bend going high tech with blogs, web sites
Bush stumps for Sekula-Gibbs in Sugar Land
Texas Senators support “Castle Doctrine” bill
State Rep. Phil King, District 61, suggests leg. may make changes to eminent
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Bush stumps for Sekula-Gibbs in Sugar Land
Texas Senators support “Castle Doctrine” bill
State Rep. Phil King, District 61, suggests leg. may make changes to eminent
domains
UPDATE: Goodyear: No wage cuts, only 1 plant closure, Union vows to fight
plant closure, Union bosses claim closure a "scare tactict", Goodyear to
close Tyler plant - union really helped members with walkout!, Tyler: Workers walk out on
Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Closure could cost Tyler $10 million
Houston, Sugar Land ready to welcome President Bush
Number of precincts decreases in Harris County to 875!
U.S. House loss to Dems would hurt power of Neugebauer, Conaway &
Thornberry - talk about commenting upon the obvious
McKinney leadership & police welcome illegal residents
MS-13 gang seen as growing threat in Texas
Brother vs. Brother council race has a new chapter: Newsletter's 'unfiltered
truth' has Conroe buzzing, critics suing
Personality worshipers & Libs cheer Obama at Texas Capitol
Beeville County Judge Martinez accepted cash, loan, gifts from building
manager
Killeen courthouses evacuated after bomb threat
Texas faces shortage of bilingual poll workers - should be a sign we don't need so many!
Del Rio reports Early Voting problems with ballots, with voters & with some
candidates
TXU shuts down Comanche Peak nuclear reactor
Texans worried fence will cut access to Rio Grande
"Public Citizen" group says Perry-TXU allegation a mistake
Overnight deluge compounds Southeast Texas flood woes
Lubbock's state rep. Delwin Jones favors campaign contribution limits
Enrollment booming at Texas community colleges
Strayhorn & Bell action as Luddites on CHIP delivery
US Supreme Court looks at Texas capital cases with extra scrutiny
Kerrville seniors split over tax freeze
Houston janitors strike escalates, organizer allegedly assaulted
200 march in protest of Downtown El Paso renovation plan
Fly-by-night casket salesman fleeces DeLeon residents
Possibly the largest lease sale of University Lands in Texas history on tap
Why did MADD leave Midland? MADD makes volunteers mad.
Dave Henry: The show must not go on in Potter County
Panel: Low education level hurting Amarillo, incomes expected to drop
85-year-old Goliad man convicted of manslaughter
Why do you favor the Fair Tax?
Strengthening Taxpayer Protection: The Imperative for Budget Reforms (pdf)
Texas Association of Counties Scripts Local Elected Officials
Craddick Appoints Turner (D-Houston) to the Leg. Budget Board
Gov. Perry Appoints Chew as Chief Justice of the 8th Court of Appeals
Texas Gulf Coast bays face flooding, Rice researchers warn
Lance Armstrong, neighbors feud over swimming hole in Dripping Springs
Truck hauling cruise missiles collides with car on I-20
UPDATE: County should resist restricting speakers, Jefferson County
commissioners consider a lid on political talk at meetings
Texan convicted of possessing memorabilia from Canadian library
City of Beaumont will appeal firefighter raise
Group pulls radio ads offering coupons to voters - trying to help Hubert Vo
Collin County's wealth not what it used to be
Texas in-state tuition surpasses U.S. average
Small-town Happy State Bank to build 10 story office bldg in Amarillo
Amarillo College to pay $30,000 in legal fees in last phase of voting suit
Laredo City Council votes to terminate City Manager
Downtown Waco Inc. closes its doors due to investigation
McLennan Co Commissioners asking for county wide policy on taser guns
Decatur Police Chief describes crime wave as ‘bad’
Another view of proposed Trans-Texas Corridor
Conservative reforms have a record of working while Libs don't get it
Houston janitors strike for higher pay, health insurance
Big Spring City Council approves sale of historic downtown hotel
Cooke County Republicans head to Nashville, Tenn. to campaign
Lack of paper trail makes some voters leery
Harris Couny lawyer says licensed handguns legal in parks - he is 100% correct &
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Big Spring City Council approves sale of historic downtown hotel
Cooke County Republicans head to Nashville, Tenn. to campaign
Lack of paper trail makes some voters leery
Harris Couny lawyer says licensed handguns legal in parks - he is 100% correct &
Harris Co. is wrong, no question
Houston: Ballot glitch could affect thousands of votes
Panama Canal widening to enhance Port of Corpus Christi
Environmental group has Perry/TXU float, TXU threatens lawsuit - I still cannot
understand why it is bad to not hate the companies that provide us with goods and services which enrich
our lives.
9 SE Texas counties declared disaster areas
Democrats hope to rearrange the Texas House just a bit
Webb Co. to eye Killam lawsuit over detention center property
President Bush to visit Fort Bend County Oct. 30 for campaign rally
Physicians & Beeville hospital feud, county commissioners mediate
Houston law allows discrimination against gays
Arrest made in Putt Putt murder case
Midland early voters asked to emulate brave Iraqis, display 'purple finger'
UPDATE: Judge makes firefighter pay hike retroactive, Beaumont firefighters'
pay could rival FDNY pay in some categories
CPS Takes Wrong Child in Brownsville
video
Groundwater conservation districts have broad authority
"the death of Texas as we know it" anti-toll road propaganda movie
Rural-to-urban migration speedup expected in Texas
Former New Braunfels City Councilwoman Lynn Limmer may face federal
charges in bank embezzlement case
Is West of I-35 Texas short changed in Austin?
Collin County DA criticizes judge for secrecy in Blair case
Lt. Gov. blames House for lack of Tech El Paso med school funding
The end of the Williamson County good old boys?
More flooding expected in northern Beaumont
UT group calls gay blood ban discriminatory
McAllen and police union still pointing fingers
San Angelo's two hospitals to merge
Grupo Mazz singer found guilty of molesting 13-year-old
Continental keeps flying higher and higher
By 2030, Tarrant County could pass Dallas County
Customers' clothing held captive after cleaner closes
Texas Justice's Reprimand Dismissed (Nathan Hecht)
Travis County may push for 'conservation developments'
Texas Job Growth Continues for 24th Consecutive Month, Unemployment
Rate Drops to 4.8 Percent
Gov. Perry Announces $14.4 Million in Grants to Criminal Justice Programs
Pantex a candidate, plant 1 of 4 for consolidated plutonium center
Road rage led to gunfire, a collision & arrest on Interstate 45 near Conroe
Permian Basin International Oil Show was big success
Faulty cable kills power in downtown Odessa
Wildlife making Texas highways hazardous
Dublin police officer fired for MySpace listing
Arsonist strikes, burns down school's homecoming bonfire!
Freeport elementary school has students Pledge Allegiance to Mexico's flag
video of the incident 1, video #2
Senator wants to make Texas smoke-free
CHIPs Down When Times Are Good, But Some Don't Want Good Times to
Roll!
Hyatt Regency Hotel at D/FW fined, loses its liquor permits
Katy: Husband accused of arranging hit on wife
Groups submit proposals to develop TTC-69 project
Bible camp counselor & a Boy Scout leader from Texas arrested in national
child pornography sting
Burglars hit FEMA, building site in Denton
Chambers Co. man charged with cattle rustling
Snyder electrical wind farm purchased by Italian firm's US subsidiary
Airplanes take refuge in College Station
House Explosion in Amarillo results in good deed by high schoolers (photos)
Grayson Co: City of Bells Officials Admit Fire Trucks Were Uninsured
First Lady Laura Bush visited El Paso, raises money for Dee Margo
Silent Goodbye: Minutemen leave Laredo ahead of schedule
Waco: "Waco We Do".... do what?
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Grayson Co: City of Bells Officials Admit Fire Trucks Were Uninsured
First Lady Laura Bush visited El Paso, raises money for Dee Margo
Silent Goodbye: Minutemen leave Laredo ahead of schedule
Waco: "Waco We Do".... do what?
Texas Bioscience Institute at Temple College now official
DOD over-purchase of uniforms now costs Brownwood jobs
Beeville's BB gun bandit sentenced to prison - it was a fun headline!
Beeville councilmen to discuss action against city manager, court personnel
Donley County residents seek to abolish personal property tax
Local Democrats protest visit of Congressman Conaway to Lampasas
Max Wells, former mayor pro tem, to run for Dallas mayor
Bowie county ballot board put on notice: Writ asks court to compel
compliance to election code
NY violinist arrested for sexual assault in Amarillo
El Paso: 5,000 ran red lights during 30-day trial period
Downtown Pharr won't see new bars anytime soon
Harrison County Judge candidate alleged to have threatened job of Elections
Administrator, tempers flare in race
Mikhail Gorbachev, former Commie chief, visits Midland - see video
Border crimes down by 60%, Perry says
Jacksonville Police Chief threatens to deport illegals
Report: Texas prisoners working in unsafe conditions
Cardiologist wins defamation suit against Dallas hospital
Surprising finding about illegal immigrants, crime - it's not immigrants, it's the drug &
human smugglers coming across so we still need to enforce the border!
Judge to Denton County: Enough already, pay up
Corpus Christi: Red-light safety fund is studied, some fear that camera
system's just for revenue
A new gay LULAC chapter fights discrimination on two fronts
Freight train derails in San Antonio & almost destroys two houses (photo)
City of Austin to appeal smoking ordinance ruling
Potter panel balks at paying legal expense for county commissioner
Sherman considers red light cameras
15th anniversary of the Luby’s shooting massacre
NAACP to observe Texas polling places - group may have more observers than voters
Mexican police find Spring Branch girls who ran away with alleged kidnapper
UNT prof resigns after video tempest
Dallas: Club's owner files $12M suit against city
Coal-plant Boom Poses Big Questions, Cheap Power Pollutes More; Clean
Coal Costs More claims AP
Slidell in Wise County looks to municipal incorporation
Rhome, Tx: Watch out speeders: Police have an extra set of eyes
Tyler, Smith County: Commissions again looking at consultants for much
beleaguered jail facility
Yikes! Three Texas cities top study for gay couples with children - finally a ranking
Texas Democrats can cheer about!
'The Watchdog' publication focuses on city government, started by defeated
Martin brother
Hospital email in Crane causes worry over paychecks
"Law-Mart" New Randall Co. Justice Center in renovated retail building
Is it legal to drive on the shoulder on Texas roadways
Travis County DA's office spent $41,103 in D.C. probe of DeLay
Friday Night Lights: Does TV do it right?
Do cities go too far to restrict sex offenders?
Texans losing seasons cost Harris County taxpayers
Golf legend Arnold Palmer calls it quits in Houston
Dallas sheriff's deputy fights transfer after he pulls over NAACP pres.
Should the local governments swap sales taxes for property taxes?
Corpus Christi Visitors & Conventions Bureau wants beach vehicle ban
Texas musical great Freddy Fender dead at 69
Houston on tollways: We have no problem, Turnpikes in Houston financially
healthy, popular, and cited by Austin tollway supporters
GeoGreen cranking out biodiesel in Gonzales
Pecos: Missing funds at Water Control District No. 1
Group opposes Medicaid pilot program in Cameron County
Texas No. 1 in legislators-turned-lobbyists
Plano woman describes insights from space
Republican Party vice chairman: Liberal ideas destroyed the black family
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Plano woman describes insights from space
Republican Party vice chairman: Liberal ideas destroyed the black family
Angelina County, Lufkin city & sheriff reach tentative agreement on jail use
Comal County sexually-oriented business law upheld in Federal court
Judge refuses to strike trust charges, added allegations in Harrington suit to
be heard Nov. 1
Editorial: Texas, taxes add up for taxpayer
Goliad County Officials Now On Record Against Uranium Mining
Wichita Falls officer suspended over graphic MySpace page
South Texas Civil "Justice": A Valentine's Tale
Despite year of grim prospects, High Plains cotton on track to 3rd largest
crop
Texas Access Alliance (TAA), friend or foe to Texas Taxpayers?
Don't Count on Property Tax Cut, School rates fall, but other factors could
raise bills for homeowners - tell what we don't know!
Willacy County to keep jail, for now
UNT Professor on leave pending inquiry
Faking College: student impersonator "attends" Rice University for a year
Penn. candidate uses elephants to cross Rio Grande
Texas Task Force on Appraisal Reform hear some suggestions for appraisal
reform in Grayson County
Police: Cross-dressing man attacked Irving woman
Officer demands apology in airport case, policeman says he was vilified after
a suspicious man was allowed to board plane
Police find more than 50 illegal immigrants in San Antonio duplex
Piney Woods region now favors Texas Forest County moniker
Court orders Webb Co. sheriff to execute subpoenas
Odessa, TX: 16.6% sales tax jump is 23rd increase in 24 month
El Paso changes companies operating Sun Metro bus service
PEAK program would pay tuition, fees at Clarendon College
Bush says fence part of solution
Boyd city mgr resigns, claims council actions violate state law
Man dies after leading police on a high-speed chase across parts of five
Northeast Texas counties
Bell County inmate population reaches all-time high
Ports-to-Plains gains Cornyn's support
Sen. Hutchison address disaster relief for agriculture
El Paso County sheriff resuming traffic checkpoints
Webb County Sheriff cleared in contempt case
Weapons courier pleads guilty, former Pantex employee faces 30 years in
prison
El Paso Commissioners vote to give developer tax break to get downtown
high rise hotel rebuilt
San Marcos: neighborhoods want to maintain rules that ban more than 2
unrelated persons from living in houses
Federal Judge's e-mail rant to NPR tests politicking rules
Complex ballot is Bexar's largest, each ballot to have 60 to 66 races
Demo says Comal is trying to exclude some voters
New journeys ahead for Southwest, Wright repeal to soon change airline's
flights from Dallas
Houston council divided on wider smoking ban
The Rationale for a Statewide Health Insurance Exchange
Latest plan for Hardin County jail expansion endorsed
Former North Richland Hills police chief pleads guilty to DWI
Bryan council to review roommate zoning
Voting machine tracking system topic of debate in Beaumont
Need for appraisal caps likely to be debated
Property tax: Be wary of fixes that are really more problematic
Texas State Univ. University Democrats president steps down under Party
pressure - worked for GOP candidate through employer
State's aircraft fleet is costly, audit shows - so is welfare but no one cares
Red-light cameras lucrative, but safety is impetus
New Cowboys stadium records' release is ordered
Hutchison race puts Texas Democrats in a bind
Grand Prairie ready to fight condom store
Governor's debate wins time period in Houston TV ratings, TV ratings high in
governor's debate, program No. 1 in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, but third in
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Hutchison race puts Texas Democrats in a bind
Grand Prairie ready to fight condom store
Governor's debate wins time period in Houston TV ratings, TV ratings high in
governor's debate, program No. 1 in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, but third in
Dallas - OK, so I was wrong, make a note because it doesn't happen often!
Houston campaign finance info could go online
Parks and Politics: Bureaucracy Has the Advantage
Texas workers' comp fixes win praise
So if this is really the minimum necessary... (minimum wage)
Harrington trustees blast state's move
Federal Reserve: Texas Economy Continues to Best National Growth
The CHIP Charade in Texas (pdf)
Mason: Sheriff's Pink Duds Have Inmates Vowing to Reform
Mexico May Take Fence Dispute to U.N.
Waco Editorial: When CHIPs are down by Lynn Woolley
Survey: Education among key factors in Texas' future
Jailer released from own jail
Texas Dems seek to force House Speaker shake-up in Austin
Champion eats 247 jalapenos to win State Fair contest
Trooper McGinnis used his training to escape gunfire near Corsicana
Latinos marched, but not to sign up to vote, figures don't suggest voter surge
More business could be in West Texas wind, Perry’s assurance could lead to
more wind-power development
McMurry to continue honoring natives no matter NCAA rulings
Ruling sought in drug sting, compensation wanted in Tulia
City of Boyd seeks loan to finish budget year
World's largest energy companies are exploring the barely populated West
Texas desert
Harris County sees dip in registered voters - good news for Texas
Arkansas, Texas Cases Focus on Christians' Free-Speech Rights
The tide is turning, peaceful river belies national furor over border security
Border resident says fence won’t keep undocumented out
Del Rio man organizes 200-mile border trek to protest fence
Border mayors want input on border fence
Lack of private citizens addressing Appraisal Task Force hearing surprises
chairman Pauken in Lufkin
Texans' faith in politics meager, Exclusive: Majority polled skeptical of tax
cuts, school finance fix
Farm bill could fail, Congressmen Thornberry says future remains uncertain
Buna incorporation foes besiege local JP
Editorial: Criminal justice system a real mess in Atascosa
Study on CHIP fails to show why families were dropped from coverage
UPDATE: Brown County rally held in protest over voter's arrest, Brownwood:
LULAC investigates man's arrest at polls for cell phone use
Texarkana: Area defense industries boom
New Law for Private Sales of Used Vehicles Puts An End to “Liars’ Affidavits”
UPDATE: Rangers will investigate in Potter County, Texas Rangers enter
Potter case, Accusations of infighting, Potter County: vendetta or
investigation?
Good Morning America to visit New Braunfels Wurstfest November 3rd
Rep. Delisi predicts appraisal system will be focus of next leg. session
Officials: Federal Real ID will cost drivers time, state money
Fence could make border agents easy marks, structure creates ‘trap’ for
patrol - the nitpicking continues
Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney makes stop in Austin to meet with donors
Former San Antonio doctor and wife indicted for fraud
Valley quivers as border barrier now closer to reality
Public radio station general manager charged with soliciting sex
Accident shuts down I-35 for eight hours - for those of you who don't understand the urgent
need for the TTC
State Rep. King: Legislators could force electric rate drop
Houston: Council will pay fired vet $875,000, Vet had won $1.2 million in suit
alleging retaliation for claims of abuse at the city's pound
Bryan power outage leads to death of prominate
Consumption tax could help fix appraisal system
Texas Minutemen-Minuteman Project Border Watch helicopter crashes
Brenham: Rollback petition continues to gather signatures
Double Tree Ranch owner arrested for tapping into a fire hydrant for water
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Texas Minutemen-Minuteman Project Border Watch helicopter crashes
Brenham: Rollback petition continues to gather signatures
Double Tree Ranch owner arrested for tapping into a fire hydrant for water
for as long as eight years
'Tons' of opened mail found in postal worker's truck
Power outage in downtown Houston, Some power restored after fire,
Houston Chronicle without power
State seeks ban on trust's Ariz. gifts, attorney general calls for removal of
Harrington trustees if request not met, Ballet ensnared in trust fight
Child killer David Renteria sentence reversed, El Paso DA reacts - conviction
remains but death sentence overturned, fault is with DA
Victoria: DPS says 2 tons of marijuana seized
3 wounded in Forest Hill (Fort Worth) shootings, standoff ensues
Houston's GOP faithful gather for Cheney visit
Houston unveils plan to restrict smoking, federal judge strikes down part of
Austin ordinance
TXU offers customers bonuses, no rate hike for 3 years through plan
Dallas still working toward toy-gun ban
PUC may investigate power market manipulation
Groups call for halt to construction of coal-fired power plants, environmentalists says proposed plants will worsen global warming
Nueces County jail still not up to standards, scandal continues
Power plant planned for ship channel to run on refinery by-product
Gun Barrel City residents arrested with stolen shotguns
Houston: Four plead not guilty in City Hall scandal
Texans in position to gain leadership clout in Senate, Hutchison is in line for
the GOP's No. 4 post; now Cornyn is favored for the No. 5 job
City manager can't resign, council votes to deny his resignation
Editorial: State spending should be more straightforward
Bryan & College Station: Power outages plague area from rush hour 'til late
night on Tuesday, Madison & Grimes counties affected by power plant
explosion
Perry joins dedication of wind energy expansion project in Taylor & Nolan
counties
Appraisers accused of undervaluing their homes in Coryell County
Smith County to save $1.4 million with new insurance plan
Laredo: How will the wall work? Leaders concerned about proposed barrier
Gov. Perry plan to establish Joint Operations & Intelligence Center in Houston
good for area law enforcement
Beaumont: Judge orders City of Beaumont and firefighters to mediation,
Firefighters paycheck battle goes to court
Settlement reached in Kilgore bank lawsuit
UPDATE: New Mayor out over legal technicality, Santa Anna gets new mayor,
former city staff resignations accepted, water plant remains in limbo, Half of
Santa Anna's city staff has resigned
UPDATE: Escape was inside job, Electric fence around jail was tampered
with before escape, Two Prison Employees Placed on Leave, Search for
South Texas escapees expands to Mexico, Authorities suspect prison break
was inside job, Ex-cop, gang members still at large, Sheriff: Circumstances
surrounding prison escape “suspicious”
Taylor County taxpayers to pay more in property taxes even with rate cuts
Governor Announces Energy Development, more from the Austin Business
Journal
Waco: Local song swept up in immigration fireworks
Supreme Court Rejects Texas Sex-Toy Case
Harris County District Clerk Bacarisse Named to Houston Press’ “Best of
Houston” 2005 List
Sessions Announces: Wright Legislation Passes House
Ponder adopts rollback tax rate
Valley activists & libs decry border fence, want Federal money for local
projects, say Republicans will have blood on their hands due to wall
State begins tollway marketing campaign today with billboards, to be
followed up radio, TV
Oil and gas — subsurface tresspass by hydraulic fracing
AMTRAK: Heartland Flyer To Be Co-Funded by Texas & Oklahoma
El Paso city rep under investigation for alleged ethics violations
One killed & Texarkana police officer shot Sunday in alleged kidnapping
Now environmentalism is the barrier to a border fence
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AMTRAK: Heartland Flyer To Be Co-Funded by Texas & Oklahoma
El Paso city rep under investigation for alleged ethics violations
One killed & Texarkana police officer shot Sunday in alleged kidnapping
Now environmentalism is the barrier to a border fence
Potter County morgue closes doors
Houston changing police immigration policy - still preserve 'sanctuary' status
Retired DPS troopers: Quotas do exist
Montgomery County: Deputy is focus of escape investigation
Ex-Jacksonville officer enters guilty plea in civil rights charge
Brenham: Local protest planned against Trans-Texas Corridor
Statewide Media Mafia Lies to 22 Million Texans on SBOE - AJ ruling, former
State Representative Ken Mercer
Hispanic Leaders Hold Inaugural Meeting to Raise Awareness on Latino
Interests
Texas City: Overspending is voters’ wakeup call
Number of jobs lost at Navy Region South to be minimal
UT leads field in patents, Report ranks System No. 1 in biotechnology among
424 worldwide
Upshur County official accused of abusing office
Fort Hood division bids U.S. farewell
Casino developer gives up on border ventures
17 year old in Beaumont engineers own abduction for ransom - caught
UT lands $59M grant to manage supercomputer
DOJ: 10 Austin-area builders to pay fines for violations
State Fair Of Texas Thriving While Others Failing
Stereophonic football: Radio station satisfies fans of two teams by
broadcasting one game in each speaker
Perry defends call for single, Friday night debate
FAA fines Victoria Osteen $3,000, Pastor's wife is also being sued by a flight
attendant claiming assault
State to seek corridor plans from 2 firms
AG announces 500th sexual predator jailed
Officials make another pitch for Wright deal
Howard Dean Fires Up Austin Democrats
Tarleton-Central Texas University pitches for stand-alone status
Demos push San Antonio business leaders to lobby GOP on migration
East Texans protest reservoir inclusion in state water plan
Texas City: Commissioners get tongue-lashing on tax rate
Trans-Texas Corridor plans revealed
Fight for City Council seat in Pasadena finally ends
UPDATE: Bowie County rallies around suspended state troopers, more on
rally, Bowie DPS troopers ousted for altering traffic warnings
Texas is heading toward shortage of family doctors
Gun allegedly pulled on Conroe business owners, attorney involved in theft
suit
Coal Emerging as Energy Star in Texas
Gov. Perry Promotes Rodriguez to Lieutenant General In the Texas Army
National Guard
BORDER INSECURITY: Some guards turn their backs when keeping
homeland safe is primary job
Lottery ticket sales hit new high
Skeletal remains, believed to be those of a Fort Hood soldier missing since
2001, found on private property south of Killeen
Man charged in alleged ambulance theft in El Paso
Freeport rescinds invalid ordinance related to funding private businesses
Denton raises taxes 3%
Kleberg airport has problem with illegal aliens hiding on property
Port of Houston defaults on lease of Port of Galveston property
Granbury man gets lesson in IRS tax policy
Commissioners discuss firing, Walker County flap over campaigning on the
job continues
Lufkin: Sheriff says housing Class C offenders is dangerous, jail controversy
continues in Angelina County
Waco: Dallas mayor lobbies county commissioners to join air quality group
and oppose coal-fired electricity plants
Paris, Texas DROPS city tax rate by 10 cents
Hidalgo County officials get raises, salary increases rank leaders among
highest paid in state
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Paris, Texas DROPS city tax rate by 10 cents
Hidalgo County officials get raises, salary increases rank leaders among
highest paid in state
TXU may have manipulated market, utility denies
Port Lavaca: "We tried to freeze taxes but we couldn’t do it.” Calhoun Co.
Navigation District
Former Land Commissioner Garry Mauro: Our roads can't handle new traffic,
endorses Trans Texas Corridor
Shooting of police officer in Houston revives criticism of city's "sanctuary"
policy for illegal aliens
Sanchez: Who should decide what a student reads? Answer to Book Ban
Week radicals
Editorial: Stop the judicial handouts
Just where will sex offender ban zones end?
Taxpayers group criticizes judge's delinquent tax payment in Galveston
County
Narcotics seizures on rise along border
Constituent files ethics complaint against Rep. Seaman
El Paso traffic watchers say red light cameras not reducing red light running
Public outcry in Beaumont prevents hefty pay raises for elected officials, Job
duties divide city, county officials, Commissioners finally wise up about pay
raises
Ector County gives raises all around, commissioners vote themselves 14
percent increase
Crime in north Laredo: Armed men storm Target; no shots fired
School Districts Opt for Extra Tax
City of Abilene campaigning INSIDE the voting booth? Editorial
Beaumont Enterprise: Commissioners must rescind big pay raises
Texas City: Rollback election could loom
Interesting Q&A with TxDot on freeway construction policies (Houston)
Amarillo Editorial: Appraisal panel gets an earful, fairness emerges as issue
Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf Visits Paris, TX
Ill Will Tour of Mayor Phil "Pharaoh" Hardberger & the San Antonio City
Council
Texas supporting alternatives to abortion, Some family-planning tax money
going to programs that encourage chilbirth - sadly this will actually anger the pro-abortion
left
Boom hits tiny Montgomery, cotton fields have turned into developments on
outskirts of city
Since deregulation, college tuition costs 39% more than 3 years ago
'Border baby' boom strains S. Texas
The down ballot threat to Texas conservatives in 2006 (TLR)
Texas Justice: Residents beat man accused of showing porn to kids
Texas Dems file suit against law protecting integrity of mail-in ballots - is this a
surprise to anyone? (pdf)
Perry: TRACE Engines Bringing 100 New Jobs to Midland-Odessa
Tom Pauken: Texas Task Force on Appraisal Reform Can Work
Ice Cream Man Accused of Selling Drugs to Kids
Groups seek limit on political contributions
UT sues Black and Decker for battery design
Houstonians asked to arm themselves against evacuees
Illegal day care operator, female, arrested on child pornography charges
El Paso's Storm 2006 repair bill skyrockets to $175 million
Altering license plate to avoid cameras could cost you
UPDATE: Ballet Arizona may join lawsuit against Harrington trustees, Court
date set in trust distpute, Temporary Agreement Keeps Harrington Trust
Money in Area, Legal wrangling continues over rightful distribution of
Harrington funds, State seeks injunction
Dallas PD sergeant suspended over retaliatory e-mail
Cornyn Hails Labor Report Showing Continued Job Growth in Texas
Laredo: Environmentalists say new home site is breaking EPA wetland
regulations
Laredo Mayor Salinas resists Laredo border fence plan
State says 272nd District Court Judge Davis derelict in duties
Judge Edward Marquez, the man who took an obscure state statute and
turned it into a way to examine inequities in state funding, has died
State water plan calls for more conservation efforts
Judge to man: Keep quiet during hunting season
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turned it into a way to examine inequities in state funding, has died
State water plan calls for more conservation efforts
Judge to man: Keep quiet during hunting season
City of Orange is poised to add territory
Used vehicle sales tax changes take effect 01 October 2006
Gov. Perry Announces $1.8 Million for a Statewide Child ID Program
Dewhurst: Texas will deal harshly with child abusers
State Fair sues after old coupons result in losses
Prison costs pit Port Arthur vs. Jefferson County
Ingleside seeks financial solvency with huge tax & fee increases
Border agent accused of taking money to let drugs pass
UPDATE: Seventh Colorado City officer resigns, More Colorado City officers
resign
FBI says Dallas most dangerous large city in 2005
Wackenhut hit with $47.5 million judgment, decision in inmate's death
described as largest jury award in Willacy County history
El Paso: Western Refining sues over property tax valuation after 100%
increase in property valuation over 2005
Magnolia wrestles with its city budget, can't agree on what to spend new
revenue on - Lubbock sure doesn't have that problem!
El Paso residents learn of city's plan to condemn homes due to Storm 2006
Farmers, ranchers speak out on annexation in New Braunfels area
Tax meeting turns into gripes on elected officials' pay increases
More big drug busts brought in at bridges in Laredo
Denton County probate judge reprimanded
Experts: eSlate polling may be open to problems
DMN Editorial: Hey, We All Hate Taxes: But it's wrong to weaken school
finance reform
Texas voter fraud law under fire - from people who broke the law!
Houston red-light camera critic gets ticket, not chance to sue
A new mission for Texas State: Kick party image
Texas' border region struggles with fallout from 'laser visa' enforcement
All inclusive smoking ban in Laredo already costing jobs
A.G. Abbott asked to decide on sex offender limits, Some cities want to bar
where those convicted can live
Grapevine CiCi's Pizza manager suspected of using store to sell teens drugs
West Nile is cited in 18 deaths across Texas; 123 seriously ill
Gorbachev to visit Permian Basin, fee shows he's now a capitalist
Cops shut down heroin drive-thru in Laredo
El Paso group fighting use of eminent domain for downtown redevelopment elitism on parade by city rep. Ortega in bottom of story
15 cameras already working on border for law enforcement, online public
status yet to come
Clinton escorts Richards' casket to Capitol
Old-fashioned tax relief best for Friendswood
More than 6 hurt in McAllen restaurant blast
State Rep. Anderson urges state regulators to slow permitting process on
coal-fired plants
Gov. Perry Requests USDA Drought Assistance for 20 Counties
Poll: Texas workers not optimistic about economy, Texas job growth picks up
Post on FreeRepublic: Property tax heavy burden in Texas
Meet the Aggie girl next door from 'Playboy'
Pottsboro school bus driver rescues special needs student
Cost of Potter County's Bowie annex restoration soars
Texas college admissions law challenged
Breaking Ground on Ethanol Plant in Hereford
West Texas A&M's enrollment number's highest in over 35 years
Abilene: College counts mixed locally
UFO in Rio Hondo - question is were they legal or illegal aliens?
Galveston business group forms to protest taxes
State sues Killeen firm offering protection from eminent domain
Officer in charge of Galveston District of the Army Corps of Engineers
dismissed
Robertson County residents sue gas refinery, complaining of 'rotten egg'
smell
El Indio: No charges for Texas man who fatally shot immigrant
Houston: Debate over Prop 2 revision heats up, Mayor blasts radio ad asking
Houstonians to reject the change
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El Indio: No charges for Texas man who fatally shot immigrant
Houston: Debate over Prop 2 revision heats up, Mayor blasts radio ad asking
Houstonians to reject the change
Labor leaders fuming over Texas prison plan
Seguin fugitive caught during department store dressing room romp
Suspects in Crockett & Upton counties nabbed selling drugs to officers
Williams Stresses Need to Solve 'Petroleum Paradox'
Dewhurst seeks crackdown on child molesters
Governor Ann Richards dead at 73
State Democratic chair calls GOP plans 'radical'
North Texas water use rules may get tougher
Appeals court to consider reinstating charge against DeLay
Perry announces Eagle Mountain Lake park deal
Ellen Seaman: Back taxes paid
Brownwood wrestles with annexation, Businesses ask City Council to keep
hands off industrial park
Smaller communities adjust for elections, Grants allow sparsely populated
counties get new voting machines
Some counting on The Woodland's Eissler to get key post in House
New Braunfels wants to offer a tax break for downtown investment
Mystery surrounds activities at former Comanche School
UT Arlington students burn N Korean & Iranian flags on 9/11 to protest brutal
regimes, lefties don't like this type of flag burning, see video here
State Rep. Glenda Dawson (R) reported to have died Tuesday afternoon
Texas records strong growth in sales-tax receipts
Falling dead pigeons repulse Texarkana fair patrons
State law has superseded Galveston’s tax charter
Guardsmen deployed to border charged in shooting spree
Life lasts longer down by the Rio, study shows low-income status not so
linked to health
Parties may settle in Deer Creek water utility battle
State employee indicted for using position of authority for sexual favors
Voter Database Won't Be Ready for Election
Feds raid 3 locations around EP, confiscate docs, computer data
Democrats accuse District 15 state Rep. Rob Eissler, R-The Woodlands, of
improper campaign funds use
El Paso County OKs $5 million for TTU med school
Minuteman supporters, foes face off as federal agents watch
Pratt's interview with WOAI's Michael Board live from the border
Cell phone bribe leads to firing at Harris County Jail
Landowner near Pantex Plant claims Ogallala well contaminated
Fire destroys several 100 year old buildings on Kaufman square
State senator Mike Jackson's office evacuated after anthrax scare, postmark
came from Lubbock, substance found to be sugar
DOJ at Evins Regional Juvenile Center today to investigate
Dewhurst Identifies Key Legislative Issues
Eroding Tax Cut Worries Perry
State Rep. wants speed limit changed for rural road
UPDATE: Taking sides in border agents' conviction, Juror in Federal border
patrol trial claims to have been pressured to vote
Civil rights attorney James DeAnda, a co-founder of the Mexican American
Legal Defense and Educational Fund, has died
AG says Texas' sunshine laws threatened
TX Gov. Honors TX First Responders with Star of Texas Award
Beyond the River Walk, San Antonio river an eyesore
Combest forecast 9/11 or like event and wanted more spies
Farmers want little change in ag legislation
UT plans to sell Gulf vessel
Perry calls for revised tax limit
Midland Co. to consider restricting group access to courthouse grounds
Port of Brownsville exercises indicative of changes since 9-11-2001
Opponents knock Perry’s border security plan
Texas Task Force on Appraisal Reform - members & bios
Border Patrol blamed for much of Valley's levee erosion
Jefferson Co. Commissioners' big pay increase needs rethinking, editorial
Aledo: Newspaper says city official took reporter's notes, Newspaper's
editorial on the matter
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Jefferson Co. Commissioners' big pay increase needs rethinking, editorial
Aledo: Newspaper says city official took reporter's notes, Newspaper's
editorial on the matter
McAllen Doctor Accused of Fraud, Gov. asks for $5 million
Texas Border Sheriff's Assoc. collects $5 million from feds to maintain border
Plane crash lands in neighborhood in Montgomery County
State ousts 4 staff members at vets home
Fort Hood troops get a special send-off to Iraq
Pampa football in 'Dateline' spotlight, Stone Phillips telling high school's story
Borger experiences expensive flooding, Some Borger Flood Victims Want
Answers from City
Tech's El Paso center should be high on legislative list
Border Patrol agent pleads guilty to firearms charges
Brownsville Navigation District fires CEO and Port of Brownsville Director
Donely Co. Sheriff cracks down on under age drivers
Webb Co. Water Utilities Dept. misuse of funds draws investigators’ attention
EPCC worker robbed at Valle Verde campus - and yet concealed carry is prohibited in
these places!
Potter Co raise debate continues, some question if pay hikes will be equitable
FBI probe targets Christine DeLay's lobby work
Judge who got tickets recuses self in UT case
Harris County: Ex-assistant DA gets prison in estate theft
Amarillo: Ex-nuclear courier indicted in bid to sell items on Web
Ann Coulter address in Corpus Christi aimed at trial lawyers brings protest
Crop-dusting now a costly, high-tech industry
Boat owner, 2 employees plead in smuggling, Immigrants cruise from Port
Isabel to Corpus Christi
Welfare reform laws lauded
Votes hamper Taylor Electric Cooperative, minds keep changing on rezoning
requests in Abilene
Dan Rather gives Sam Houston State Univ. $2 million
Why Texas women aren't voting - I thought they were!
Perry's appointment of panelist irks Democrat legislator - what else is new?
Perry promises funds to return Trinity River to its 'pristine past'
Cameron County not to raise tax rate, appraisal increase providing funds
Tom Green County leaves tax rate same, raises some salaries
City of San Angelo cuts tax rate, still among the highest in Texas
Longview plastics plant up in smoke
McGaughey named DA for 97th Judicial District
AARP asking governor for help with electric bills - more begging
Montgomery County D.A. acknowledges investigation of county fire
departments for financial irregularities
Panhandle alliance to push regional agenda in Legislature
Citizens' Survey leads to back-to-basics budget & tax cuts in Huntsville
Houston Ship Channel goes high-tech against terror
Dallas City staffers: Reunion Arena should be sold or converted
Latino numbers level off in Legislature
Four Seasons Austin named one of world's most exclusive properties
Zaffirini to lead Senate higher education panel
San Angelo urged to balk on convention center deal - don't be surprised if this group
shows up in your town soon
Waco officials consider daytime curfew for minors
UPDATE: Indian Lake secretary speaks out about arrest, Town council
stands behind its police chief, Big trouble in a small town, DA seizes town of
Indian Lake files, computers
Texas doctors disciplined in record numbers
Secrecy shrouds dogfight culture, Police need luck and tips to combat it
State budget cuts must be effective for every Texan
Beaumont Enterprise editorial quote: "In the private sector, employees don't
get raises merely for showing up. They get them for doing good work. That's
a valuable concept that should apply in the public sector as well."
Former Republican state representative Jack Vowell of El Paso dies, was
first Republican elected from El Paso
Land acquisition no walk in park for SMU: Purchase of tract near probable
Bush library site requires University Park vote
With Bush far from ranch, Sheehan camp shuts down
Argument over illegal cockfight leads to fatal shooting in Fort Bend County
HISPANICS IN TEXAS: This election year, Latinos less visible
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With Bush far from ranch, Sheehan camp shuts down
Argument over illegal cockfight leads to fatal shooting in Fort Bend County
HISPANICS IN TEXAS: This election year, Latinos less visible
Houston marchers keep immigration debate alive
Former Texas First Lady Nellie Connally Dies, Dallas Morning News version,
services now set
Some Texans go to Congress to shutter horse slaughter plant
Office snafu slows growth of child abuse investigators
Port of Houston security focusing on terrorism
500 new agents coming to give Border Patrol boost
71-year-old woman arrested on charges of selling cocaine
Liberty in peril in Dallas judicial system: 1 seat-belt lapse, 3 days in jail
Lubbock to try countywide 'super precinct' for election
New rules will require written parental consent for abortions
Brownsville Judge phones it in for felony theft suspect, not a legal option
Police: Largest meth bust in FW history
Mayors oppose coal power proposal - shameful
85 more cats rounded up from home in Grapevine
Housing assistance ends for evacuees
Potter County nixes 5 percent pay increase
Teen's report of sex leads to four arrests
Lewisville shoppers mourn loss of Piggly Wiggly
Love plan faces hard questions and antitrust critics when Congress returns
Dallas: Slayings put focus on local Aryans
Houston Residents Want Evacuees Sent Home
A&M chancellor to retire at end of year
Flight of Dallas Space Tourist Delayed
State juvenile corrections understaffed and under trained
David Harris, Democratic candidate for congress being investigated by
military
Former chief appraiser for the Val Verde County Appraisal District
San Antonio Police Officer Guilty of Raping Transsexual
Troy fires police chief during probe
Taxpayer apathy reflects poorly upon citizens
Donley County budget drops below FY '06 level, yes less money!
Amarillo examines flood control, drainage needs exceed available funds
High school football in Texas is big. It's also big business
Grayson County appraisal meeting draws crowd
Unpaid traffic ticket briefly halts Sheehan protest at Bush ranch
Governor leads officials in pep rally for Trans-Texas Corridor
Harris County attorney seeks rehearing of Bible case
UPDATE: Candidates file for judge, commissioner in Big Spring, Howard
County GOP awaits candidate, Republican drops out of Howard County
judge's race
Dallas officer shot hours before promotion ceremony
San Antonio developer sets sights on Del Rio
Panda Ethanol to build new plant near Stratford in the Panhandle
Lindale Councilman Jim Mallory being investigated by Texas A.G. for
electioneering
Census: South Texas counties are poorest in U.S. - bastion of Democrat government
control for decades
Harlingen meeting on EDC becomes heated - Kinky should have been there and maybe
he would have learned what Economic Development Corporations are...
Documents show Perry pushed for park land sale despite critics charges of a
lack of concern for park funding - sale would have provided system with needed funds
El Paso's poverty rate fourth-highest in U.S. & yet: City Council settles on
6.1% tax increase
Cameron Co. residents urge county to lower tax rate
Webb County ranked 5th poorest in USA for its size yet county long run by
Democrats
Texas agriculture groups say $800 million in federal assistance not enough
What has happened in the Texas Youth Commission?
Amarillo: Lawyer, Some City Officials Disagree over How Single-Member
Issue Should be on Ballot
Governor to the rescue on running trail
Former Doggett aide admits theft and is going to jail
Pastor who says he was casting out demons indicted in rape
Hidalgo County could withdraw from health services district
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Former Doggett aide admits theft and is going to jail
Pastor who says he was casting out demons indicted in rape
Hidalgo County could withdraw from health services district
UPDATE: City Clerk suspended over petition confustion, City Clerk in the Hot
Seat, may be fired over smoking petition problems
2003 law is pushing insurance rates down
The Woodlands: public referendum considered on governance of new
master-planned community
UPDATE: Special election set, City of Stinnett: five top officials step down
Police arrest four in 'grillz for rims' kidnapping ploy near El Paso
Laredo Morning Times headline: Ahhh! Tax relief: Council freezes taxes for
some; three give salaries to charities
Tulia defendants seek payment
First Salvos Prepared for Statehouse Redistricting Battles
Rep. Gonzales Encourages Practical Resolution to Immigration Concerns
Val Verde County DA’s request angers county attorney
Added CPS investigators lead to caseload crunch for courts - even providing the
bureaucracy with more money is a cause of problems
Retired General, Former USAA Chairman Dies at Age 86
Ex-Southlake official gets probation, $500 fine
Timing of Perry donation from utility PAC draws fire
Planned Parenthood cries about state budget cuts
El Paso County to set tax rate at the Effective Rate - this is Truth in Taxation
Border Patrol creates zero-tolerance zone for illegal immigration
El Paso County commissioners pass immigration resolution
Statistics: Hispanics moving away from rural counties
Hospitals up for fees proposal: Attorney suggests new method for payment
SURPRISED? Utilities Dispute in Whitesboro: Friends Say the Family Can
Afford To Pay Bills, ORIGINAL: Whitesboro Family Fights To Keep Utilities
On
Brownsville leaders enjoying spike in revenue, Rise in appraisals will allow tax
rate to be cut
Brownsville continues to throw money at events center, golf course
Rio Grande Valley Health Services District may suffer divorce due to
"irreconcilable differences"
UPDATE: Immigration Proposal Draws Protest, Farmers Branch proposal
would target illegal immigrants
Texas AG obtains indictments against Port Lavaca councilwoman for voter
fraud
Border governors demand action from Congress
U.S. Customs plans to fire city commissioner, Atkinson says vote triggered
the action
Man flees as discovery of body prompts search of home
Hobby Screeners disciplined over leaving post empty
Jefferson County commissioners could get 23 percent pay increase
Leaders listen to views about what to do with Naval Station Ingleside
Fort Worth Editorial: Property appraisal values are not skyrocketing
San Angelo Property-tax reduction looking less likely
San Antonio Mayor says he'll address term limits again
Official: Pension funding should be retired teacher priority
Bexar County's tax-and-spend Democrats show true profligate colors
President sends letters to Panhandle firemen
Priests for Life to break ground on new home, Amarillo
Texas Assoc. of Business calls for 'path to citizenship' for illegal aliens
Houston trooper arrested in alleged ID card scam
Judge says using coffin as prop was unethical, but legal
Perry is urging more state funds for border
Panel says sporting goods tax should go to Texas parks
Bulletproof vest saves HPD officer's life
Tax bills from soaring appraisals are driving people off Galveston island
Moody Gardens lease haste will betray voters, editorial
Dallas Co. bills Tarrant for indigent healthcare - Mexico not the only one to get a bill
Brazos Co. election monitoring group receives approval, formed due to
Federal DOJ complaint related to Spanish-speakers
Dyess jobs at risk in possible shuffle, Neugebauer fights to keep engine shop
F.B.I Fugitive Arrested In Bexar County
Crime drop touted, Governor says border security drive works, AP version in
Fort Worth paper
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Dyess jobs at risk in possible shuffle, Neugebauer fights to keep engine shop
F.B.I Fugitive Arrested In Bexar County
Crime drop touted, Governor says border security drive works, AP version in
Fort Worth paper
Texas Border cameras nearly operational
Illegal immigrant care at Dallas hospital cost $22.4 million
State parks' funding woes get political - a little late for this story...
Dallas: Critics defend their right to wear drawers that droop, A city
crackdown on saggy pants?
Harris County endorses new incarnation for Astrodome
Ruling ends McKinney vs. Fairview land dispute
Tom Green Officials' pay likely to rise, commissioners raise their salaries
Taylor County tax rate down slightly but net is a tax increase
Cameron County contracts a comedy of errors, editorial
El Paso Council OKs $617 million budget with 8% increase in taxes,
EPISD increases tax bill 10% to get more money from state - no wonder people say
El Paso is more like Southern California than Texas!
Ector County Hospital District set to adopt a true tax cut
Odessa College district to lower tax rate & increase homestead exemption
Houston Mayor: Be smart about giving to the homeless
Del Rio Council nixes property tax rate increase - way to go
Perry spells out property tax aid, But cities, counties likely to fight his relief
for rising appraisals, Perry's aim at property appraisals worries some local
officials
Nueces County: Former jail chief has filed grievance, He says failures were
not his fault
UPDATE: County rules law agencies can't ask for citizenship, El Paso County
to look at law's role with immigration
Richardson businesswoman has ticket to space
Former Texas AG Dan Morales (D) suspended from practicing before the
U.S. Supreme Court
Laredo's Border Patrol Sector gets 16 agents, to deter smuggling
Laredo to get patrols: Minutemen to join BP beginning Sept. 11
Bumper Year for Penalty Collections at Railroad Commission
UPDATE: Texas Supreme Court Justice Is Subject Of Hearing, Hecht to
defend support for Miers
Amarillo suffers flooding from slow-moving thunderstorms, Palo Duro Canyon
Flooding
Perry announces task force on property appraisals, more from the Houston
Chronicle
School finance reform appears beneficial so far, Beaumont Editorial
Dallas firm agrees to buy Lone Star Steakhouse, Del Fricso's
Jaime Castillo: Trans-Texas Corridor has no hope as long as secrecy reigns the only secrecy is proprietary bidder financial info as with most contracts
UT-Austin Tops List Of Best Party Schools, Brigham Young University Named
Most "Stone Cold Sober"
Orange County looks to CUT some salaries after comparison to others!
Firefighters union apparently has veto power of policy issues in Conroe
State health commissioner resigns, takes position at UT
Wildfires continue in West Texas counties
UPDATE: One dead, four lawmen wounded in standoff, 4 lawmen shot in
Midlothian, 3 local officers & 1 state trooper
Denison tax protest meeting draws big crowd, appraisals and attitude part of
the the problem
Police seize $1.5 million in cash from Mission home
UPDATE: Critics: Program open for abuse, University of North Texas paid
$310,000 salary to official who never performed work for the university
Huntsville-Walker County Chamber of Commerce Convention and Visitors
Bureau received four first-place awards at the Texas Association of
Convention and Visitor Bureaus - must be those prisoner executions bringing 'em in!
How Austin police helped federal agents unravel a $15 million gambling ring
El Paso to raise taxes by 6.8%
Rove rallies Texas Republican stalwarts
House candidate dies, leaves only Lucio III on ballot
2 Former Electric Reliability Council of Texas Managers Sentenced in
Connection with In-House Crime Ring
Web Site May Help Uninsured Find Affordable Health Coverage
Fort Worth: Perry's backing of outer loop praised
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Connection with In-House Crime Ring
Web Site May Help Uninsured Find Affordable Health Coverage
Fort Worth: Perry's backing of outer loop praised
Running an idea up the transportation flagpole, Regional Mobility Authorities
Hickory Creek considering cameras to enforce speed limits
UPDATE: Texas Youth Commission approves as much as $100,000 for
consultant to investigate conditions at Edinburg youth detention facility
Bexar County officials raise their own pay
Galveston residents sound off on tax appraisals
Webb County commissioners try & pass a tax hike off as a cut
Jarrell officials face sharp questioning, City secretary, mayor questioned over
payroll issues
Arrest made in slayings of Juárez women
House Republicans pledge probe of border guards' trial, conviction
Young Conservatives of Texas Release Endorsements of Down-Ticket Races
Reducing the State Tax Burden
Forbes: Texas second-best state for business
Nacogdoches housing manager indicted for embezzling HUD funds
Austin Smoking ban back in court, Bar owners say enforcement is arbitrary
Back in the Loop: Perry's support key to area's (Dallas) Trans-Texas goal
Harris County deciding where to appeal Bible display case
Perry criticizes contract awarded to Strayhorn's brother's firm
City of Prosper bans new landscaping while water short
Former state rep. Clemons hired as Caldwell city administrator
Mayor of Fort Worth reacts to Trans-Texas Corridor developments
Purgatory breathes fire in Hays County
Nation's capital feels too much like home, Texans say, Washington, D.C.,
plagued by heat, humidity in August
Nuclear project for Amarillo years away, Board sets rules for nuclear plant
UPDATE: Former Brown County D.A. indicted on sexual assault
UPDATE: Former FBI chief for El Paso found guilty of 2 charges
El Paso Engineer makes critical point to ALL city governments
When a Limit Is No Limit, Texas’ Courts and Constitution Fail to Protect
Taxpayers
UPDATE: Texas lottery operator denies bribery allegations, Accusations hit
lottery operator
Cameron County keeps tax rate the same, is an increase over Effective Rate
Waco keeps tax rate the same but increases taxes over the Effective Rate
County officials need to slow spending spree, Beaumont editorial
Rio Bravo: Gov. Perry grants small town fleet of used patrol vehicles
Big Spring's 'big jail' headed to vote
Dallas judge, Robert Francis, fined for failing to itemize costs
San Antonio College Students Arrested for Trying to Steal Explosives
Texas senators' roles defy junior, senior ranks: Hutchison takes the lead on
state projects, while Cornyn's focus is on national policy
Texas Enterprise Fund demands refund from Cabela's for not meeting agreed
job numbers
Bryan Police Department gets praises at hearing from NAACP
Texas' strong and resilient economy results in highest bond rating possible
Keffer: Jury is Still Out on Tax Reforms
Demo leader vows to help vets if control of House shifts
El Paso Flooding:
Storm '06 hits EPPD vehicles hard
Homes in Sunland Park suffer heavy damage 9/3/06
Almost 3,000 seek FEMA flood relief
City Rep fires back over alleged "muzzling" e-mail directive
Rains narrowly miss city, officials remain cautious
Levee at Clint Landfill breached, spreads waste
Disaster Recovery Centers to open two sites, more rain
Fears increase as river inches to flood stage 8/17/06
Bush declares El Paso a disaster area after massive floods
El Paso officials say region has met threshold for FEMA aid
Water continues to spew out of ground in Upper Valley
Flooding prompts reviews of drainage system, arroyos
FEMA collects estimates from damaged areas
Friday: Evacuations begin in El Paso as dam weakens
El Paso begins to clean up after days of heavy rainfall
Streets director says cleanup, repairs to cost city millions
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FEMA collects estimates from damaged areas
Friday: Evacuations begin in El Paso as dam weakens
El Paso begins to clean up after days of heavy rainfall
Streets director says cleanup, repairs to cost city millions
More Juárez families evacuated, roads closed
Storms damage property throughout El Paso
300 remain in shelters after evacuations
El Paso & Juárez flooding photos in PowerPoint (pps) format 1.7Mb sent to me by a family member in Juarez
El Paso: Tax increase introduced at City Council; Members clash
Panhandle wind power could help light the rest of Texas, transmission lines
need to be constructed to the ERCOT grid at cost of $1 billion
Odessa official say Effective Rate not enough, need to raise taxes
Brownsville congressman may soon have son in Legislature
UPDATE: Police arrest suspect in fake-cop encounters in Beaumont
Karnes County shifting districts again, 3 congressional changes since 2000
For Legislature, raiding earmarked funds routine
Bryan Eagle Editorial: City Council misled Bryan residents
Capitol Watch: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
by State Rep. Larry Phillips
UPDATE: Ozen coach/teacher's aide and former student indicted,
Investigators Looking Into Secret Sex Club at Ozen High School in Beaumont
"Natural sand dunes" may prevent significant development on S. Padre
Charges against a U.S. Border Patrol agent and his brother for aiding sister
dropped in Brownsville
Sen. Kyle Janek to Lead 2 Interim Committees, eminent domain & medical
peer review
Galveston City coffers overflow as home values spike
Trans-Texas Corridor: A Battle Between the Haves & Have-Nots?
Craddick donations still raise questions
Beaumont inhales more embarrassment over smoking ban petition
26 carjackings in Dallas since August 1
Pharmacy college opens in Kingsville, finally
Civil rights group sues Brownsville nonprofit
Gov. Perry Names Hoyle as Justice of 12th Court of Appeals
UT to funnel another $1.5B into science, medical facilities
Coleman football came to the aid of town's firefighters
Perry tells energy commission to bring back discount or stop fee
'Income tax' is a loaded label for business levy
Florida suit may affect bid for more planes at Kingsville Navy base
Denton Co. Sheriff’s SWAT team captures county’s most wanted
Houston's Continental Airlines was a target in terrorist plot
Craddick backs call for more park funds
Citgo indicted on environmental charges
State Reps. John Smithee, Warren Chisum & David Swinford discussed tax
concerns in joint forum
Wind energy may boost small towns
Mission: Hunt continues for gun-toting teens
U.S. House immigration hearing to take place in El Paso 8/17 titled "Should
Mexico hold veto power over U.S. border security decisions?
Sun Bowl deal extended by Helen of Troy, renamed Brut Sun Bowl
New phorid fly released in fight against fire ants
Houston 'Sanctuary City' foes rip city over petition, deadline arbitrary
Man married at least 7 times gets 15-year sentence
Congressman Ruben Hinojosa (D), Texas 15th District, complains about all
things Republican and good and right in the world
East Texas reserve officer charged in death of daughter
UPDATE: Mayor's daughter goes to court in DWI case - still no objection to her
drinking illegally as a 17 year old! , Houston Mayor's daughter accused of drunken
driving, Mayor says arrest may be a "mistake"
UPDATE: Craddick to repay state money used for apartment upgrade, Tom &
Nadine Craddick's fundraising letter for the Speaker's Apartment renovation,
More trumped-up concern over the Speaker's apartment renovation - they decry
donations but nothing would stop the same donations being made directly to the Speaker's campaign as
Pete Laney did, then he could fly around in corporate aircraft, where was the concern then?
Tom Green County commissioners slam the door on pay raises for officials
Waco: Despite a ruling in their favor, county commissioners will consider
concessions to anti-war protesters
El Paso City Council moves toward 8% property tax increase
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Tom Green County commissioners slam the door on pay raises for officials
Waco: Despite a ruling in their favor, county commissioners will consider
concessions to anti-war protesters
El Paso City Council moves toward 8% property tax increase
Waco Tribune Editorial: An income tax?
Alligators cause traffic jam in Brownsville
UPDATE: Texas attorney general orders trust fund trustees to stop giving
money to Arizona, Amarillo's Harrington trust has Attorney General's
attention, most money headed out of state, where $ is going, rules for
distribution
Latino Group May Challenge New Congressional Map
Key senator (Whitmire) opposes building new prisons
DeLay plans to withdraw as candidate, claims stategist
Corpus Christi minister lobbying for Alimony in Texas
Low pay hampers sheriff's offices in the Big Country
Former Bayview irrigation district official arrested, sold district water & kept
money say charges
Wichita Falls police and sheriff differ on prisoner death circumstances
Federal Judge rules McLennan Co. parking & camping restriction near
Presidential ranch are acceptable
Rep. Hupp: Modernizing Texas social services (call centers, etc.)
Four Penguins Die After Truckload Of Penguins Spill On Texas Highway
Dallas black firefighters sue over alleged discrimination
Corpus Christi Woman Pleads Guilty to Charge of Illegal Voting
New Braunfels police officer arrested for child pornography
Editorial: Later primaries would give Texas voters the advantage
Growth outpaces funding at Texas colleges
Privatization of operations of some Texas Parks could benefit - this isn't what the
Dems had in mind when they launched poor-parks blitz to harm Gov. Perry!
Roaring comeback? Bear repopulation eyed in East Texas
Denton to wrestle with televised airing of public comments at council
Denton city budget plan: tax increases for big water and trash cart users,
2-cent property tax hike
Texas Death Tax tied to federal estate taxes, CPPP delivers typical socialist
opinion on the matter
Trial to put man accused of faking SEAL status before the women who say
he duped them
Tax vote provision not much of hurdle, Experts say that lawmakers can still
raise business levy
Beaumont: sales in some bars have fallen drastically since no-smoking
ordinance went into effect
Opponents of Wind Turbine electricity in North Texas say such bring about
"economic & social devastation" - I kid you not!
UPDATE: City Council rejects prison, Coleman City Council expresses
interest in pursuing faith-based prison
Putting the Public into Public Union Contracts
Academy Award-winning actress Geena Davis keynote speaker at Dallas
Chamber's annual Women's Business Conference - if women complain that they aren't
taken seriously in the Board Room, they should start to amend such by examining their choices of
keynote speakers at biz conferences
American Tort Reform Association Billboard Campaign Grew Out of
Frustration with State Bar of Texas
Court Appointed Task Force to Review Texas' Jury Selection System
Senator Hinojosa’s attendance at Perry’s endorsement questioned
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent arrested in Brownsville
Judge orders county and Sheehan attorneys to compromise on parking and
camping ordinances
Big Lib Kluever says: Sales-tax break is window dressing
GOP to appeal DeLay ballot decision to U.S. Supreme Court
Midland Municipal Management district members uncertain about appraisal
cap, some members may have overpaid!
Fort Worth Area mayors to push for sobriety checkpoints - Liberty, Oh Liberty, where
art thou?
Bush Talks Immigration at the Border in McAllen
Littlefield's Lowe to purchase El Paso Big 8 grocery chain
Mayors say Bush's security plan could cripple trade on border
UPDATE: Klan has history in Amarillo, Chapman: Reporter uncovers a family
secret, City grants Klan permit, Ku Klux Klan plans Amarillo rally on
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UPDATE: Klan has history in Amarillo, Chapman: Reporter uncovers a family
secret, City grants Klan permit, Ku Klux Klan plans Amarillo rally on
Appeals court steps on Texas election law, leaves DeLay on ballot
Crowded conditions keep Harris County jail decertified
Heavy rains lead to evacuations, rescues in El Paso
Texas Department of Public Safety: Two of the agency's three commissioners
have resigned
Chavez and Tepper: Let's finance the basics before adding city debt (Austin)
Sheriff: 7 ranchers had cattle stolen
McLennan County Judge Jim Lewis wants to lower taxes - let's hope it's catching
State-Led Security Operation Reduced Border Crime by at Least 65%
Railroad Commission Chairman Jones Receives Prestigious Statewide Award
Plano hearing on Immigration Policy rouses fervor, cheers
Houston Chronicle lives in land of negativity about Texas
New jail issue touchy in Big Spring
Former Brownwood police officer held in drug case
Tom Green Co. Proposed budget in question, County pay raises highlight
proposal - surprise, surprise, more bidding up of government salaries!
UPDATE: County dog policy may wag in judge’s favor, Commissioners
wrangle over allowing judge to bring his dog to work, Waco Tribune-Herald
editorial on the issue
Willacy judge: County will not bail out new jail, Commissioners may hire
company to run facility
Iowa Park prepares for future, EDC completes 15,000-square-foot building
for potential businesses
Woman Sues Mall after Being Taken Hostage, Robbed & Sexually Assaulted
Montgomery County to push for 3 new district courts
El Paso: Woman helps apprehend illegal immigrants on private property
UPDATE: Strippers' tube trip went swimmingly, Strippers coming to New
Braunfels' Comal River: "Boobs in Tubes"
Former Reeves County attorney avoids prison
While many suffer drought, El Paso experiences continued rain & flooding
UPDATE: Amarillo Power not ready yet to move forward on nuclear plant,
Nuclear power plant sought for Amarillo
Stafford has 51 tax-exempt religious institutions and wants no more
Dallas Neighborhoods Using Webcams To Curb Crime
What next -- Vote-o Texas? - on making voting too easy
Four monks plead not guilty to sexual assault of a child
Texans getting new windshield tag design _ again
Valero has filed 150 lawsuits against 42 appraisal districts across Texas
100 days before midterm vote, Democrats attempt to rev up the faithful
Pain lingers after Cross Plains fire, but town's future looks bright
Texas Flea markets, zoos make anti-terrorism database
Galveston man sues judge and airline in Federal Court
Hidalgo Co. Rape suspect, former teacher, nabbed after decade on lam
Midland Officials: County owes city about $455,000
Austin paper says: Texas Ethically Challenged
Critics say immigration law makes Houston a haven for illegal immigrants
Cities across state enforcing mandatory water restrictions on residents
More than 17,000 have protested appraisals in Brownsville, Cameron Co.
New Braunfels Editorial: In budgeting, think about the taxpayer - Amen!
ABC's Good Morning Americas to air from Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels
Dallas Detective fired over $8.40 in stolen paper goods
Troopers seize almost $1 million in meth in traffic stop
GOP to hold 3 immigration reform hearings in Texas
Barbershop owner opens fire on robber in Tyler
UPDATE: Hill County official gets probation for records tampering, Trial set
for former Hill County treasurer for records-tampering
Women put on disguises, pack pistols, execute robberies in Jasper Co.
Unfunded mandates squeeze Taylor County budget, claims officials
Republicans argue to replace DeLay on November ballot
Perry distributes additional funds to border sheriffs for Operation Linebacker
Secret Service agent arrested in Waco fracas
Denton Report: County salaries lagging - folks, they are bidding each other up!
The Stan Musial World Series is on its way to Huntsville
Minuteman group plan to launch Valley operations
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Denton Report: County salaries lagging - folks, they are bidding each other up!
The Stan Musial World Series is on its way to Huntsville
Minuteman group plan to launch Valley operations
Critics Ignore Benefits of Reform, visit to welfare field office demonstrates
why change is desperately needed - about the Texas call centers
UPDATE: State Rep. Hilderbran addresses Parks funding issue on Pratt on
Texas, Perry backs funding for parks, sporting goods tax should work as
intended
Democratic-leaning panel to decide DeLay ballot status
Federal judge to rule on state's open meetings act
Sheehan buys plot in Crawford with son's insurance money - more lack of respect
for the beliefs and wishes of her own son
Doctor charged in drive-by shooting of bicyclist
Corpus Christi could weather a storm, City would be able to be self-sufficient
for about three days
Zapata sheriff: Border violence worsening, Officers outgunned by criminals
Abilene paper calls county commissioner "Grinches" for suggesting county
money better spent elsewhere than funding courthouse Christmas party
Jefferson County to lower tax rate, seek to get maximum amount without
triggering roll-back election - this is how they all do it & why we need Truth in Taxation
Judge blocks TABC from seizing porn unless it's ruled obscene
Editorial: Tiff over redistricting a stain on democracy - bull, it is a sign OF democracy
in action
Petition drives under way for area wet-dry elections, Sanger & Denton
El Paso: Operation Lightning Strike begins targeting illegals in region
Perry supportive of public funds for faith-based service groups
Randall County taxes to increase
A.G. Abbott Gets Court Order Bringing an End to 'Debt Elimination' Scam
New Funding Method Gives Green Light to Highway Construction Projects
Beaumont Enterprise watching Lubbock's Super Precinct work
Repeat offender arrested for 101st time, Brazos County
Texas becomes top U.S. producer of wind energy
Corpus Christi to invest $16.2M in expanded automatic gas & water meter
readings
New hurdles for Wright deal, DOJ memo causes concern
Abortion war snares police chief in Dublin
San Antonio Editorial: E-voting standards still disturbingly low
Tom Green County adds clerks to ease jail crowding
Midland County Jail fails inspection, again
McCulloch County residents to vote on restaurant alcohol sales
Williamson Co. residents show up to oppose Trans Texas Corridor - their county
has grown rich due to I-35
Sweetwater: County hospital district won't aid city's service
Smithsonian considering Texas exhibit, visits region for research
Rolling Stones coming to El Paso
Ector County site makes FutureGen ‘short list’
Former Soviet Union Republic looks to Texas researcher for answers
Smith Co. may cut ties with Jail Build Team, Lubbock's Lee Lewis is part
Editorial: No taxpayer should say that all state parks must be kept open
Waco Tribune Editorial: Slow the rush for coal-fired plants - ridiculous!
Grandmother charged with sending drugs to grandson - w/photo
West Texas spaceport plans moving forward (Van Horn)
Thornberry pledges to support 'under God'
Midland County to discuss raises for elected officials
Angelina County facing Wet/Dry election & campaign cash is flowing
Flower Mound: Requiring prepayment at gas stations is weighed - this is a
business decision, not that of government
Jefferson County approves maximum raise for judges
Freeport's barrier gets a fairly clean bill of health, Texas City's levees contain
faults cited in New Orleans
Corpus Christi Analysis: Both restaurants and bars suffered decline after ban
that applies mainly to eateries
Border security is No. 1 topic as Hastert visits, El Paso Times story
El Paso city councilman recall effort fails, deadline missed
Combest continues to serve, former congressman lobbies for Farm Bill - what a
puff piece!
Texas Employers Add 30,000 Jobs in June
City of Wichita Falls & WFISD examine busing collaboration
Allegations of financial irregularities at Falls County appraisal district prompt
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Texas Employers Add 30,000 Jobs in June
City of Wichita Falls & WFISD examine busing collaboration
Allegations of financial irregularities at Falls County appraisal district prompt
searches
Trans-Texas confusion
1,000-room hotel planned for Congress Ave. in Austin
Petitions to freeze Tarrant property tax submitted
DMN: How Texas Grows: Counties deserve greater role in development
Randall County, sheriffs launch campaign, Partnership aims to combat
agro-terrorism
Sunland Park, NM votes to deny Nat'l Guard access to border, monument
Citizenship: ESL classes popular, More immigrants opt to learn English
Former Tarrant County tax office agent sentenced Wednesday to 35 years
Navasota: Jailed man: 'Green men' chased me
DeLay fundraising group fined; to shut down
Summer heat wave has Winter Texans dreaming of Valley
Waco: Woman with gunpowder, ball bearings still talk of the courthouse
Big 12 Conference looks to bring in more investors
Union Pacific is developing new $90 million rail port in Bexar County
Horse-racing supporters way out in front of anti-gaming crowd, poll shows
Woman who robs weddings caught on tape in San Antonio
11 sentenced for scheme to import drugs in El Paso
Common misconceptions about Trans-Texas Corridor-35: myth vs. reality
AG Abbott continues prosecuting voting fraud cases across Texas
Williams Proposing Significant Regulatory Reforms in oil & gas industry
State takes over home insurer 155,000 policyholders must find new carriers
University of Texas Coeds Warned Of Foot Fetish Photographer
With Gibson out of town, McLellan Co. commissioners ban courthouse
displays
Price of Texas drivers license may jump due to new federal rules
Express-News and Houston Chronicle merge Austin bureaus - an even stronger,
consistent liberal view from Austin
Brazos Commissioners refuse to pay bill to state
Lawyer says state unlikely to drop call center contractor
Corpus Christi: Molotov cocktail attack hospitalizes man, teen
Decatur: Police: Nurse stole elderly patient's fortune
Midland County Commissioner: 10 percent tax cut may be possible
Amarillo group petitions to move city to single member districts
Coalition to Highlight Texas Transport Challenges, Solutions & Successes
Small businesses worry about new tax
Ambulance services in the Big Country and across America losing money
Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel decries challenge to Voting Rights Act
Texas kids miss out on free lunch in summer, Libs cry because "poor" refuse
to take advantage of welfare & so it costs the bureaucracy $
Republican ruffles political feathers of his own party with newsletter
Willacy Co. looks to borrow & build 2000 bed detention center to house illegal
aliens, big risk for small county
State Delays Crackdown on Uninsured Drivers
El Paso: Statistics show women outnumber men at polls
Trans-Texas corridor could have areas of 85mph speed limit - I'm for no speed limit
at all but enforcement bases upon reckless driving
Bowie Co. Republican Party chairman Mark Graves retaliates for a lawsuit
filed against him and two Texas Republican Party officials
In which prison should former Panhandle-area DA reside?
Amarillo: Mother and son indicted on charges in drive-by shootings
Rural communities welcome Texas National Guard
Ector County District Clerk loses 1st Amend. lawsuit to former-employee
Producer plans to shoot Permian Basin-based film
Officials say budget cuts may force 18 parks across state to close
Authorities praise success of Operation Firewall, stops stolen vehicles from
being taken to Mexico in the Rio Grande Valley
Sun Bowl may be site of new all-star game
Ector County jail dinged for jailer shortage, good help hard to find
Background checks send some guard soldiers home
Taxation on video gaming devices sought
Thornberry says no to Voting Rights Act renewal
UPDATE: New plants may not hurt air quality, Dallas, Houston mayors gear
up to fight coal plants, fall for global warming hype from the Left
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Thornberry says no to Voting Rights Act renewal
UPDATE: New plants may not hurt air quality, Dallas, Houston mayors gear
up to fight coal plants, fall for global warming hype from the Left
Weatherford: many oppose proposed Trans-Texas Corridor toll road - if these
arguments had won we'd not have the Interstate highway system
Is Dallas ungovernable?
State GOP proposes new West Texas voting district
Effort to take DeLay off ballot to get expedited hearing by appeals court
UT-Austin might gain nanotechnology research institute
Wildfire near Abilene forces evacuations
Hollywood comes to Beaumont
Hamlin boat plant destroyed in blaze, about 30 out of a job at Advanced
Outdoors; 2 firefighters injured
Sheriff seeks answers in bullet barrage from Mexico
League City's mayor called Dictator by council over appointments
'Missing' U.T.S.A. Student Now a 'Wanted' Woman
Kingsville lures 200 seat insurance call center
Groups seek ethics opinion on gift reporting
Teen suspects in Texas girl's death nabbed at U.S.-Canada border
State welfare screener draws more fire, more water carrying for the state
employees' unions
State rule sought on doctors, new abortion laws
El Paso: Officials say border security is improving
Conaway: Border can be controlled
UPDATE: Health director asked to resign, El Paso County-City health
department may be removed due to problems
UPDATE: City grants Klan permit, Ku Klux Klan plans Amarillo rally on
Hutchinson Co. District Attorney claims errors in intoxication report
Brownwood to use tax dollars to aide La Quinta inn construction over
objections of other hotel/motel operators
Idaho pulls inmates out of Newton County Correctional Center in SE Texas
due to allegations of maltreatment
Jefferson County explores creation of Elections Offfice
Spaceport objections aired, birds are more important to these folk
Denison Council drafts resolutioin against North Texas airport restrictions
North Texas communities and politicos line up against Wright Amendment deal
between Dallas and DFW Airport, more from Fort Worth paper
Keith Wilson of Midland named "Assistant Attorney General of the Year"
Travis Prosecutors Sue to Keep Records Secret, Earle says releasing cost
information could jeopardize DeLay - or could it jeopardize Ronnie Earle?
Sen. Wentworth to file 'Castle Doctrine' bill in next Legislative Session
State auditors criticize lottery personnel policies
UT researchers develop early mad cow detection
Austin company introduces advanced computer chip
UPDATE: Officials claim quick action, FAA officials: D/FW didn't reveal
problem (environmental)
Money could create need for speed on Texas 130, Contract for southern
segment increases state revenue if speed limit goes to 80 mph and beyond
Amarillo businesses shut down for illegal gambling
Border Sheriffs testify at Laredo Congressional border hearing
Exit-level retests to give seniors another chance to graduate
Prostitution sting in Byran leads to 20 arrests
More hysteria about from the Left about falling welfare numbers in Texas - by
their own arguments they will never be happy until everyone is on the dole
Why are roofs still blue 10 months after Katrina?
Frisco's Shilah Phillips has been crowned Miss Texas
West Texas Church Closes on 100th Birthday (Rochester)
More Texas welfare recipients must participate in job training under new
Federal regulations
East Texas clan to gather on land where ancestors worked as slaves
Man allowed to board Houston aircraft appeared to have bomb components,
agencies squabble over responsibility
Dallas hospital plans to bill Mexico for care of indigent illegal aliens
Deer Breaks Into San Angelo House
Steven M. Hilton to help celebrate the 20th anniv. of the Cisco Hilton Center
Democrats pleased with ruling; Texas GOP appealing - DeLay ballot ruling
Miller not to run for re-election as Dallas Mayor - ding-dong, the witch is dead!
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Steven M. Hilton to help celebrate the 20th anniv. of the Cisco Hilton Center
Democrats pleased with ruling; Texas GOP appealing - DeLay ballot ruling
Miller not to run for re-election as Dallas Mayor - ding-dong, the witch is dead!
UPDATE: Jail fails in 3 areas of surprise inspection, State stages surprise
inspection, Nueces Co. Jail: Bugs, bites, filth - Judges view photos, hear of
conditions
District attorney for 3 counties (Montague, Archer and Clay) will resign after
being arrested
State lawmakers to learn impact of closing Ingleside Naval Station
Denton anti-development movement gets 3300 petition signers
Red light cameras get OK for state roads
Lois W. Kolkhorst, State Rep. Dist. 13, responds to CLOUT group
Midland: Man falls six stories from downtown building
Editorial writer and wife upset by American flag on their lawn
Electronic voting lawsuit may be decided soon, Judge may rule next week on
motion to force paper backups - I'm a big fan of paper backups but a judge has no place
making law
Cornyn talks about oil, the VA Hospital and immigration with Waco crowd,
story from Cornyn visit to Abilene
Peggy Venable: Why Texas needs taxpayer bill of rights (Waco Tribune)
Judge rules against Texas law, refuses to allow DeLay replacement, Houston
Chronicle story, has more detail
San Angelo: new hotel and convention center proposed
About 500 Guard troops help in El Paso border area
Illegal Immigration & the Costs to Texas by James A. Bernsen
Senator Leticia Van de Putte spews non-sense about photo voter ID & more
In midst of governor's race, talk about gambling grows
San Antonio woman elected LULAC national president
Few in Midland recall accused ex-soldier
State Rep. Vilma Luna (D-Corpus Christi) announce resignation
Corpus Christi grows faster than Lubbock, Dallas or Houston
3 who enrolled before desegregation ruling are honored, San Angelo
Cities, including San Antonio, claim they are owed taxes on the full retail rate
of a hotel room as opposed to the rate it is let for
Gov Perry Announces Opening of Expanded Corpus Christi Port Rail Facility
Fiscal Responsibility Under Republican Leadership by Lt. Gov. Dewhurst
Appraisal cap pros and cons hotly debated
Del Rio border influx drops, guard presence credited
Troy Fraser (R-Horseshoe Bay) named legislator of the year by American
Legislative Exchange Council
Central Texas woman run off road, raped by illegals from Honduras/Mexico
Two Texans confirmed as ambassadors - South Africa & Switzerland
Gov. Perry announces National Guard on schedule for border deployment - as
usual Texas has its act together while others struggle
San Antonio: A "Major Hub" for Toyota? - 2nd Texas plant possible
Texas delegation wants to alter parts of Voting Rights Act before renewal
Protesters demand removal of Jim Wells district attorney
Judge throws out indictment of Texas Assoc. of Business - significant blow to
activist D.A. Ronnie Earle
You think Dallas City Council is nuts? Well, yeah, but look at Garland
Senator Deuell lays out items for Health & Human Services study
San Antonio's University of the Incarnate Word cancels NY Times
subscription due to paper's anti-American actions
Citizenship applications increase 42% in El Paso
Rethink your visit to New Braunfels - river at extremely low level
Fort Worth to repair house SWAT team damaged in bad raid
Texans Part Of Possible Noah's Ark Discovery
Texas Woman Jailed for Not Returning Library Book (Baytown)
School district considers starting its own day care
Abilene: Soaring property values questioned
Possible effects of redrawing TX-23 congressional district, speculation
Bill would require Houston police to enforce immigration laws
Good response to Houston Chronicle's whining on redistricting ruling
Redistricting ruling leaves Texas Dems with mixed feelings
Hollywood Looking at TV Series Set in San Antonio
Son of Luby's Founder Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
Pecos woman convicted of voter fraud, helped fill out mail ballots
Judge rules Midland County cannot ban all fireworks
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Son of Luby's Founder Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
Pecos woman convicted of voter fraud, helped fill out mail ballots
Judge rules Midland County cannot ban all fireworks
Rocket aficionados take aim for the skies in Amarillo
Gov. Perry Lauds Operation Del Rio
Gov. Perry supports high court's decision on Texas redistricting
Congressman Neugebauer's comments on the ruling, with audio
Supreme Court: Texas redistricting OK, only Henry Bonilla's district will
require adjustment, read Justice Kennedy's opinion here (pdf)
Agriculture commissioner Combs outlines successes in rural communities
Central Texas: Vote on more toll roads delayed
Federal Judge attempts to replace Texas law with his opinion in DeLay ballot
eligibility case
Former West Texas district attorney Sudderth charged with child sex assault
Former Gray Co. DA gets 18 years in prison Roach receives credit for
federal time served
Texas Transport chairman again saying funding inadequate for future
Sex cases against ex-Lee girls' coach reach court in New Mexico, Lubbock
24% gain in property appraisal values in Austin's wealthier areas
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints new 'temple' in
Eldorado a huge tax benefit as of now, will they pay?
Meet the New Miss Texas USA: Magen Ellis (photos included)
Recall drive aims at Aransas Pass mayor -he, one councilwoman are targets
after vote to sell harbor-area land
Continental Express Jet makes emergency landing in Victoria on Sunday,
short ordeal as smoke filled the cockpit, engine fire suspected
Hudspeth County driver's license and insurance checkpoints setup
Some Valley health officials worry about citizenship requirement for Medicaid
patients - no worry about taxpayers though
Capitol Watch: Texas Game Wardens by Larry Phillips, State Rep.
U.S. Dept. of Justice to investigate Texas' Evins youth prison in Edinburg
Attorney General Abbott Sues Owner of Fraudulent Auto Auction
TxDOT prevents public comment at public meetings
Carole Multi-Name charges the Gov. with responsibility in rapes, deaths, etc.
in the Foster Care program (pdf) - actual press release with Pratt notes
Six Flags May Sell or Close Six Parks
Beaumont editorial: House must support recorded votes reform
El Paso County Sheriff under fire once again for enforcing immigration law
Dallas Co. Sheriff finally passes peace officer exam on 2nd try
Video: Tower of the Americas reopens in San Antonio after renovation
Out of 5,000-plus Latino elected officials, 42% hold office in Texas
Clues sought in Arcadia fire on Lower Greenville in Dallas
Criticism from Texas Republicans halts renewal of Voting Rights Act
Caught cattle rustler "a low life", not one of us ranchers say
Conroe ISD gay-student group to participate in Houston Gay Pride
Petition drive in Houston to end "Sanctuary City" status for illegal aliens
Trans. commissioner warns Texas' population will outgrow road capacity
Tom Green County to refuse to conduct elections for school districts unless
indemnified from costs
Company plans Texas nuclear power projects
San Antonio, Fort Worth growing a lot, Census Bureau tally finds
Beaumont on 'fastest-shrinking cities' list
Texas' budget document simply to unwieldy to understand & be useful
New design for Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport approved
Texas Legislators do little to comply with certain disclosure laws - what's the
surprise, Dems push for these laws and then ignore them routinely
Speaker Craddick raises more than $1 million for Capitol renovation
Houston woman robs bank with BB gun and gets shot - now everyone worries that it
was just a BB gun, why?
Congressman Conaway pushes for $10 million driver education adv campaign
to conserve fuel - I like Congressman Conaway but this deal is a waste!
Guard members volunteer for border duty, even after long Iraq service
Check & balance system in Brownsville exposes city inspector wrong doing
Fort Worth annual audits 2 years behind due to poor oversight of $ - I guess
everyone was afraid to ask tough question, wanted to criticize only in private
States lose Supreme Court appeal over drug plan
Craddick promises fair hearing on recorded votes
U.S Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi & staff made 46 trips financed by
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States lose Supreme Court appeal over drug plan
Craddick promises fair hearing on recorded votes
U.S Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi & staff made 46 trips financed by
private interests between January 2000 and June 2005
Midlanders cheer when Klan leaves town - Mid. Reporter-Telegram, Odessa
American story gives different perspective
State open record laws triumph over HIPAA on appeal
Conroe: brothers in runoff for city council seat - background story UPDATE:
Brother's battle unsettling to friends, UPDATE: Early voter turnout
INCREASES for runoff - almost unheard of, UPDATE incumbent bro. wins!
El Paso Sheriff faces pressure NOT enforce immigration law, Democrat
Senator Shapleigh attacks sheriff for "racial-profiling" UPDATE: Support for
Sheriff pours in
T. Boone Pickins' errant son arrested for burglary
Denton Co. battles Tarrant Co. on boundary & tax issues - sues again
Metroplex officials continue to tussle over Trans-Texas Corridor
Houston ISD thumbs nose at taxpayers, says homeowners don't count
Burglar makes off with historical artifacts from Fort Davis museum - $60 to
$100K worth! - update: reward offered - update: weapons recovered UPDATE: burglars indicted, one appears in court
Dallas looks to ban TOY hand guns, studies show bans ineffective - lose a little
more Liberty for a "good idea" without evidence it works
Liberal group seeks to shut down electronic voting
UTA flag flap continues
Dallas & Fort Worth finally agree on Wright Amendment change
Houston PD officer to go through sex change operation
FBI says Midland bank robbery was a hoax, employee on the hook
DISH, Tx public forum on keeping the town alive turns heated, Denton Co.
sheriff has to control crowd
CLOUT files suit against state claiming spending exceeds constitutional
guidlines UPDATE: Houston Chronicle story
Ingleside fires city manager; council member quits - must be the one who doesn't think
you should criticize in private
Brownwood turns over collection of fees for fire & rescue to private collection
company
Truth in Taxation and soaring appraisals is an issue in Midland
Property taxes too high? Become a non-profit as will Alamo Draft House
Williamson Co. accused of denying representation for poor defendants
Danbury, Texas buries fallen soldier with patriotic dignity
City moves to quash boorish river behavior, Comal Co. & New Braunfels
residents struggle with usage and licentiousness
Fireworks over TEXAS fireworks in Palo Duro Canyon UPDATE
$27.5 million in outstanding loans due to El Paso's Community & Human
Development Dept. - official says she doesn't know how they got into this situation!
El Paso property values jump an average of 20% city-wide
Brownsville ISD average home property value up over 26.1% in one year
Libertarians hold state convention, claim to be hopeful (website)
Dems elect Richie as party chairman, beats gay Maxey - damn, now they've
offended one of their biggest & wealthiest constituencies
Bass Hall poker deal goes bust - puts Jake's in high company!
Connally ISD police sergeant arrested on charges of indecency w/a child
AT&T to cut more "union" jobs in Texas
UPDATE: Anson pays off the Feds but money still missing; City of Anson in
big trouble with the IRS - gets extension updated
Austin: taxpayer money to those making over $85,000 for home purchases
Understanding the Special Session; by Peggy Venable
MALDEF objects to Gov. Perry's border camera plan - any surprise?
Israeli PM's party plagiarizes from Texas Democrats?
State tax revenue up again
Dems lay platform for revival in state convention
Cameron County wages lowest for urban area in the nation last quarter
State agencies asked to prepare budget estimates with 10% cuts - good!
Libs upset: Round Rock to follow the law & prosecute teens who skipped
school for protest rallies
Vidor cop in trouble, wife got nude photos of cop's 17 year old girl friend
Fort Bend man accused of taking bribes to let probationers play hooky
Feds investigate health care at Dallas jail for good reason
Texas Democrats feeling unwelcome in Fort Worth
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Fort Bend man accused of taking bribes to let probationers play hooky
Feds investigate health care at Dallas jail for good reason
Texas Democrats feeling unwelcome in Fort Worth
Center for Public Integrity criticizes Cornyn trip to Rio Grande Valley yet all
was on the up and up and not taxpayer financed
Gov. Perry engages in border protection plan to fill gaps in enforcement
Suspicious cell phone purchases by Middle Eastern men in Brownsville
Borger: Cop impersonator stopping women
Mayor tries to sue ex-fire chief to recover "squandered" grant funds, no local
lawyer will take the case!
President Bush visits Laredo
Smith Co. constable killed in standoff, 2nd may be injured
Amarillo family to sue firetruck maker & to test state limits on punitive
damages
Harris County could put an end to treasurer job - one less check and balance on
powerful government
New sign on metroplex freeway: DF/W airport exit (photo)
Locals think Homeland Security paid searches of cars using the Bolivar Ferry
are useless
Trouble in Texas City, travel agency doesn't book customers' travel
State health chief stepping down
National Guard troops on border to be quartered in hotels/motels
House speaker wants ballooning appraisals probed
Texas Federation of Teachers is again attacking HB1
Pete Laney: as "ethical" and pure as the editorial claims? See: Air Laney
Loose donkey may have led to crash on I-45
Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum to return painting stolen by Nazis
School tax elections criticized - editorial in San Antonio Express-News
State gives Texas parents extra time to make CHIP payments
In storm, you can keep gun in Texas
Breaking: Harris County group may sue state claiming the Legislature has
busted the constitutional spending caps enacted in 1979
Former Miss Texas contestant turned teacher arrested for sexual relationship
with a student in Carrollton
Hispanic state rep. implies that immigrants are only smart enough to clean
rooms and serve meals - do Hispanics ever listen to these elitists?
Dan Patrick, Houston area GOP Senate nominee & talk show host buys
Dallas radio station
Seniors grumble as their property tax freeze locks them out of the rate
reductions from new tax plan - reps pledge to fix it soon
Satellite tracking of street signs in El Paso
Perry plans surveillance cameras along border
Senator Cornyn tells Corpus audience amnesty is bad & the Border Patrol
needs "more boots on the ground"
Klan to protest illegal immigration in Midland - updated story
Congressman Thornberry looks to keep Sheppard AFB relevant
Duncan expects ACLU challenge to funeral protest ban
Texas trails 'big' states in number of real estate agents - could've fooled me
McAllen police protest, city says other cities too generous and headed for
financial problems in caving to demands
Bold Home Invasions on the rise in the Valley
HEB adds fuel alternative to five stations along I-35
Perry signs bill for tax cuts, teacher raises
Dallas balks at state's request to shelter almost 40,000 from Harris County if
Hurricane hits - puts emergency plan in limbo - update: county judge says
we'll take 'em
Plot to arm foreign militia group nets prison for Houstonian
600 have been fined, in El Paso alone, for license plate violations since law
took effect
Probation situation bad & getting worse, story from Hale County
Office holders receive UT football tickets - so what? Texas Tech does the same as do all
of the other schools
Baylor steps up: reclassified as research university by Carnegie
Senator Robert Duncan editorial on success of Special Session
Hidalgo Co: Deputies shall not make inquiries as to the citizenship status of
any person - policy modeled on that of Houston
Dallas' new Sheriff continues to demonstrate incompetent management
State: private builders of toll roads to have wide latitude on local routes,
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any person - policy modeled on that of Houston
Dallas' new Sheriff continues to demonstrate incompetent management
State: private builders of toll roads to have wide latitude on local routes,
reduces political interference
Those who know say governments can learn from the private sector in how to
handle emergencies (hurricanes)
Rio Grande Valley officials lobby the NFL for a pro-team
5/25, 6:25PM Judge Dietz vacates injunction in school finance case
Greenie-Weenies mad, Texas now has some 80mph speed limits
How to avert another Texas prison crowding crisis (pdf)
Customs Service continues punishing officer for running for city office in
Brownsville Update, others have served with no problems Update: officer
cleared of Hatch Act violations, Act allows for non-partisan elected office
holding
Big growth at Bliss begins, general says
School plan could save each taxpayer $1K - Corpus Christi Caller-Times
City of El Paso adopts resolution opposing National Guard on the border
Texas GOP Tort Reform pays off: Texas ranks #1 in U.S. Tort Liability Index:
"it's no surprise the state has had a strong economy."
$95 margarita? Forget Mexico: Put the National Guard along the New
Mexican border to keep out the Californicators, Kelso column from Austin
Menard sheriff returns from vacation to find 75% dispatch staff quitting update: sheriff & deputies resign too!
Lawmaker says sheriff may be using racial profiling in border protection
Edinburg Marine killed in Iraq
Texas sees increase in manufacturing jobs, Lubbock #9 on list
Democrats try to divide to conquer on tax bill, make claim about seniors not
getting tax break that doesn't match the facts
Throckmorton hosts World Championship Rocky Mountain Oyster Festival
Asian-American growth seen as a boon for Dems?
Youths spend billions on alcohol, El Paso Times story
Tony Garza blasts border fence idea - I have to agree with his sentiment at least
Spanish-only town (El Cenizo, TX) says viva English
NEW MATH FROM THE LEGISLATURE: Residents face altered tax equation
Secretive polygamist sect keeps West Texas neighbors on lookout
How property taxes grow state spending by Talmadge Heflin (pdf)
Surprise, surprise - school officials find fault with new finance plan
More alligator spottings in the Metroplex
Wentworth wants re-districting to be done by a commission - bad idea
We'll kick Perry before we kick butts, smokers say
Appeal denied; Texas executions back on track
Speaker: Single issue session helped solve school finance (that was Gov. Perry's
leadership by the way)
Howardwick elects fallen fireman as mayor
San Antonio Express-News: Tax system in Texas moves forward
McLennan commissioners won't apologize for past lynchings
WWII Land mine found in backyard of McKinney home
ERCOT chief resigns amid criticism
Legislators retiring from official service this year
Does your vote count? Look at this sampling of 1 vote margins
Deputy U.S. Marshall killed in shoot-out with police
Special Session increased education spending by almost $1.5 billion
Some Valley cities may lose Fed. funds for infrastructure as they haven't
followed the rules
Radical initiatives in Austin from the ACLU & Save Our Springs groups fail at
the ballot box by wide margins
Legislature wraps up school finance work
Texas Tech El Paso med school fails to get operating funding
I-10 & I-20 may get 80mph speed limits in West Texas
Tuition Revenue Bond package includes $ for Tech pharmacy school
Last parts of tax plan go to Governor Perry
Senate OKs $1.8 billion in college construction, but no funding for plan
Jones County Appraisal District chief facing firing
Sheriff seeks to put inmates in “tent city”
Duncan's Funeral Protection bill passes the Legislature, grieve in peace
Power outage caused failure of Childress siren warning system
Texan killed in WWII to have funeral this Saturday
Sales Tax Revenue surges in Texas
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Power outage caused failure of Childress siren warning system
Texan killed in WWII to have funeral this Saturday
Sales Tax Revenue surges in Texas
LULAC bestows honor on Speaker Craddick
Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams looking at run for AG in 2010
Tax cut bill on the way to the Governor for signature
Lib groups decry school finance package because in "future" years there may
not be enough money - hell they wanted to spend more money than we have now, what kind of
complaint is that?
Tuition Revenue Bonds passes House, Texas Tech to benefit - faces tough go
in the Senate
Governor Perry expands call for special session
Immigration: Dallas first city to get "Stop the Invasion" billboards
Senate passes HB1, moves to the House for agreement
Capitol Confidential, much like low points of high school - funny
Veteran police officer from San Marcos killed in Iraq, believed in mission to
help spread democracy to the Arab world
Amarillo man sued for piracy of movies
Snag in the Senate on HB1?
Could Perry end up with business tax increase and no cut? No such frets,
Dewhurst advises
Session enters final stretch, Leaders express optimism
Teacher groups again show their lack of respect for the Texas taxpayers for
whom they work
State of Texas a deadbeat on some debts owed
Senate disagreements slow down school finance changes
1,000 to get bonuses, not pink slips: With privatized health screening
stumbling, state to keep employees
Senate finds little middle ground in Robin Hood revamp
Vernon family plans anti-illegal immigration protest
Senator Duncan adds amendment for uniform school start date to HB1
Fort Worth federal women's prison in need of reform?
Minuteman Project caravan to appear in Abilene on cinco de mayo
Proposal would curb school districts' authority on property tax breaks
Vote switch leads to passage of HB3 in the Senate
Tax overhaul plan stalls in the Senate
Texas Senate passes tax plan
Liberals whine about property tax cuts, say schools need $ more than
taxpayers
Texas Senate passes tax plan
Liberals whine about property tax cuts, say schools need $ more than
taxpayers
New business tax system passes committee, Senate floor next
Rep. Delwin Jones teams up with Liberals in calling for campaign contribution
limits - better known as incumbent protection rules - Pratt
Black-owned business surge, Beaumont
House passes cigarette tax hike - pretty soon all the non-'sinners' will have to be thanking the
'sinners' for all they pay for
Teacher pay raise to go on tax bill in Senate
Dems accuse Perry of pulling fast one
House approves tax bills
Bohac, Janek File Appraisal Cap Legislation
Comal County tax rollback election on track
Tax talks yield 'big piece of Swiss cheese, broad-based but exceptions
remain
GOP Senate candidate Dan Patrick blasts Gov. Perry's tax plan
Keeping up with Tony Garza
Senator Ogden pitches public vote on taxes, Dewhurst heads to TV
Most evacuees living in Austin plan to stay, says Travis County
Rep. Riddle Files Bill for Local Election Options to Lower Appraisal Caps
Texas Association of Mexican-American Chambers of Commerce has
endorsed the Perry-Sharp property tax relief and school finance plan
TABC to "retool" crackdown on drinking in bars
Property values and condemnation: Appraised tax value or market value?
State surpluss soars to $8.2 billion
Austin American Statesman rundown on the Special Session
Houston Chronicle rundown on the Special Sesstion
Texas Assoc. of Builders editorial supporting Perry tax plan
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State surpluss soars to $8.2 billion
Austin American Statesman rundown on the Special Session
Houston Chronicle rundown on the Special Sesstion
Texas Assoc. of Builders editorial supporting Perry tax plan
What's at stake in Special Session for state leaders, editorial by Selby
El Paso held captive by Navajo Indians
Sen. Rodney Ellis supports public financing of campaigns - Democrats ALWAYS
prefer using your money without your permission
Louisiana parolees roam free months after storm - DPS distributes list of
offenders who fled to Texas and are without proper supervision
Texas Corpman to receive Silver Star from U.S. Navy
Brownsville: Texas Constitution could prevent candidate from taking city seat
Two DPS officers arrested on intoxication charges
Home & Land Owners Assoc. of TX standing firm on immediate tax relief
More crying over CHIP enrollment being down, they blame switch to private
contractor but don't tell you the trend began way before that
Advantage: Texas GOP officeholders, San Antonio Express-News editorial
Dangerous Situations in Adult and Youth Correctional Facilities
Lubbock AJ editorial stumps for more Federal welfare in health care
Sheehan returns to protest near Crawford
Beware the Headline: Tuesday's AJ: "Support elusive for Perry-touted
tax-swap plan", see list of leading associations endorsing the plan here
Bureaucracy panics as CHIP enrollments drop again in Texas
State's largest business group backs Perry tax plan
Austin environmentalists fail to stop AMD expansion in the Hill Country
Brown Count tax assessor Linda Parker (D) arrested for theft, petition to
remove from office started
In compliment to Lt. Gov. Dewhurst, Senator Duncan backhands other state
leaders including the Governor on public education - Senator, your record shows that
"Out of all of our politicians, only one has a true passion for lawyers and judges getting paid more and
having to answer to the public less, and that is Senator Duncan." - Pratt
Illegal immigrants costing Texas taxpayers more than $4.7 billion per year
U.S. Census Bureau: Texas has 2nd lowest tax burden per capita in USA! attention Liberals, this does not mean we should raise taxes, it means Gov. Perry and the GOP
Legislature has been doing a better job on taxes than in other states.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Favors Tax-Payer Funded Lobbying - calls
Appraisal Caps a "political gimmick" - flaw in their logic is that local gov. is a creation of the
State, not a competing interest, & since when are tax increase limits "gimmicks"
- he might want to work on his image
as Speaker first
Speaker Craddick renovating Capitol apartment
Texas Tax Reform Commission Plan with opinion links
Trans-Texas Corridor Plans Released - interactive map is here
Shapleigh (D-El Paso) wants lawmakers to help Tech find money to open El
Paso med school on time
TTU Survey: Texans favor increased 'sin' taxes & casino gambling for gov.
revenue - note these are elective taxes only, not property or sales taxes
Business Taxes are Permanent; Tax Cuts Aren't
UT Professor thinks 90% of humans should die for the good of the planet
Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams appointed to National Coal
Council
Wall Street Journal: Texas the epicenter of tax backlash
As Predicted: Recount stirs voting angst. Voters now wary of reliability of
new electronic machines (San Angelo)
Again,.. people don't need welfare (CHIP) so state tries to recruit them!
Officials: DeLay Won't Seek Re-Election
TABC's "Stop Sales to Intoxicated Persons" Program Under Review - the whole
TABC & state protected liquor monopolies should be under review!
City of Dallas to house "homeless" in downtown tower
- so much for all the downtown
Arts District redevelopment!
BP on track to restart gas production at Texas City
Kennedale’s Minister-Mayor-Moralist is having problems with feet of clay
Minutemen Return to Texas Border
Liberal Texas Groups call on Exxon Mobil to pay $7B for Iraq war relief - groups
say Exxon/Mobil has benefited from war... and the peace groups haven't? What do you think has
generated their funding???
Dallas trial lawyer charged with bilking investors out of $1.7 million, uses
funds to continue personal injury litigation - fleecing companies in court just wasn't enough!
Students arrested, principal punished as walkouts continue
New coalition to fight taxpayer-funded lobbying
Student protesters cited in Round Rock for violating day curfews
Perry's opponents want a RAISE in a broadbased tax
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New coalition to fight taxpayer-funded lobbying
Student protesters cited in Round Rock for violating day curfews
Perry's opponents want a RAISE in a broadbased tax
AJ judges success of welfare program (CHIP) not by how many no longer
need it but says it's failing because fewer are enrolled - typical socialist/liberal way to
look at it
Dem Candidate for Supreme Court Moody lines up with Senator Duncan:
citizens shouldn't have the right to elect their judges
Texas Senate committee reviewing Texas counties’ power to regulate rural
subdivisions by Senator Jeff Wentworth
Sharp tax plan depends heavily on taxing smokers - hidden message: please smoke so
we can fund our schools
A.G. to investigate Primary election in Ector County / Odessa
TABC wants to be your mother: Citing P.I. violations inside bars; another take
from the Dallas Morning News: Drinking arrests rile bar patrons
Special Session of the Legislature set for 2pm, April 17th
Possible closure of bi-national North American Development Bank a loss to
Texas border cities
Texas Tax Swap may end up being a tax increase
Tom Green County's new ballot scanners have "glitches" on election night
Texas Association of Counties Again Opposing Taxpayer Interests
San Antonio Express-News admits "current Republican plan is no more
egregious than the 1991 Democratic plan" - too bad the AJ can't do the same
Sour Grapes Motivate Redistricting Lawsuit in Texas
"Negative ads are what people understand" A&M political expert
Site Selection Magazine Awards Prestigious 2005 Governor’s Cup to Texas AGAIN!
UT Students petition administration for lower penalties for Marijuana use!
Congressman Conaway backs national sales tax
Report: Texas ranks 47th nationally for per-capita spending on mental health could it be that we're healthier and don't need to spend as much?
Dallas Co. Court-at-Law judge who switched to Democrat considered worse
judge in Dallas & thinks all is a conspiracy against her - Dallas Observer
Val Verde Co. (Del Rio) appraisal district under financial investigation
Tarrant County area to vote on regional rail system
Midland-Odessa economy continues to expand
El Paso Appraisal District bite the hands that feed it
San Antonio Express-News: city should not pursue 2008 GOP convention
Court seems to favor GOP redistricting arguments
Supremes to review Texas redistricting
Study says Texas #7 best in USA for business tax climate
Governor calls for re-tool of Texas criminal conspiracy laws
Poor Rep. Carter Casteel can't stand criticism - she personally helped lead the attack on
Isett's Truth in Taxation bill
Texans divided on electronic voting
Dems should beware of Supreme Court overturning Texas redistricting
AccuWeather says cyclic conditions similar to Dust Bowl of the 1930's
Texas study shows parents are most important teachers of history - why don't we
give them a raise then by taking less of their money in taxes!
Port of Corpus Christi leaders don't fear Dubai firm
Gov. protection of DFW airport could cost Texas an airlineTexas study shows
parents are most important teachers of history
Texas Southern Univ pres. spent, spent, and spent
Judge rules in lawsuit against Bexar Co. Democratic chairman
Bexar Co. Democratic Party "in the throes of internal dysfunction."
Welfare Bureaucrats upset that poor Hispanics access child welfare less than
other minority groups - deny family ethic can really be responsible!
Poll in Texas & Mexico shows differing attitudes on immigration
Colorado Senator to Senator Hutchison: "Once a cheerleader, always a
cheeleader." Hutchison "not amused."
Polygamist sect living in West Texas still a mystery to most
Texas sheriff's lobby DC for funds to enforce border security - Dem Reyes of
El Paso thinks its overblown, Rep Bonilla favors increased funding
Dems get hope from Austin-area special House election
Bush administration defends Texas redistricting before Supreme Court
Tx Dem House candidate admits former work as prostitute
Texas GOP at War with itself? Or, just working on majority discipline?
San Antonio Dems sue their county chairman over election planning
AP: San Antonio man spent $1.4 million in voucher quest - seem surprised that
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San Antonio Dems sue their county chairman over election planning
AP: San Antonio man spent $1.4 million in voucher quest - seem surprised that
someone would put money behind beliefs. I don't remember stories like this about Texas trial lawyers &
rich donors on the Left, do you?
Gambling interest keep up pressure in Austin hoping for legislative payout
IRS forces Val Verde County to pay back taxes on payroll
Perry may put school reform on back burner - wants property tax cut to be
priority in special session
Austin Democrat "well-known" activist admits to embezzling $166,000 from
Rep. Lloyd Doggett's campaign - I'm sure Bush put her up to it - Pratt
Christian-based prison concept slated for San Angelo but many oppose it
Dave McNeely can't believe Republicans appointed a Republican in Austin
PAC Taking Aim at State House Republicans
UT Lib objects to UT money invested in private prisons
McAllen Monitor: Voters Responsible for Congressional Pork & Problems
SBOE member Montgomery has problem with plagiarism
Texas Sets Standards in Medicaid Fraud Fight
Former state RPT chairman charges that Republican Party of Tx in disarray
Lt. Governor shuffles key committee assignments
Willacy county may use eminent domain to take beach property from
environmentalist group Nature Conservancy
Texas Trial Lawyers target the GOP with front names such as: Texans for
Insurance Reform"
Business tax should encourage hiring & manufacturing says Sharp
Gap between "Rich & Poor" widen in Texas
Karl Rove shows he can take it all with a good natured smile
GOP activists target RINOs for primary defeat
Texas Dems can't take majority rule, turn to courts again on re-districting
Texas GOP puts spending cap measure on Primary Ballot
Texas Valley named 2005 "Judicial Hellhole"
Texas Monthly, Shady Journalism and Tort Reform - from TLR
When is a political sign legal in Texas - Rockwall debates the issue
Lt. Gov. & Speaker "entwine" - editorial by Selby
Lefty Texas Observer names Texas worse judges - being Republican seems
to be most important qualification for their list
District 23 redistricting stories: current lines (pdf) state proposed change (pdf)
click here for District 23 campaign links
Redistricting forces changes for elections office
Guerra: Texas redistricting pleases no one, may bring surprises
Judges 'restore Latino voting strength' in South Texas
Federal judges redraw 5 South Texas districts - MALDEF comments demonstrate it is
they who are the ethnic bigots
Western Rio Grande Valley losses Doggett, Redistricting decision moves
Cuellar into area
Judges indicate they will draw their own congressional map
Judges want Laredo in one district
Bonilla may face tough race after redistricting, panel says
State's new map for District 23 draws fire, LULAC, other Hispanic groups
blast Republican redistricting plan, AP story, San Antonio Express-News
version
UPDATE: Abbott wants DeLay's name off ballot, Texas AG to weigh in on
DeLay ruling
The Texas Attorney General's brief on redistricting (pdf)
Solutions galore offered for District 23 problem
Attorney general's map gives Travis County three Republican incumbents in
Congress, State's map would strip Doggett of Democratic base in county
Conaway: District 11 should be untouched
State GOP proposes new West Texas voting district
Redistricting's effects may ripple across state
Submissions prepared for new Texas voting map
El Paso looks for changes in the TX-23 map
Laredo wonders if Cuellar, Bonilla or both will ultimately represent it
District 23 rivals differ on effects of ruling
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